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 |
|---|---|
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| bedraggle | to wet thoroughly |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| apoplexy | stroke |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |