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 |
|---|---|
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| fell | skin |
| condign | deserved |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| tiller | one that tills : cultivator |
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |