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 |
|---|---|
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| perdition | eternal damnation |