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 |
|---|---|
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| mulct | fine |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |