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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |