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 |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| disquietude | anxiety |