GRE Word List
MISNOMER
the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
The meaning of the word misnomer is the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subliminal | inadequate to produce a sensation or a perception |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |