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 |
|---|---|
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| physiological | of or relating to physiology |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |