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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |