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 |
|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| executive | of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| demise | death |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |