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 |
|---|---|
| quench | put out |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| spate | freshet |
| flighty | swift |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |