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 |
|---|---|
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |