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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| license | permission to act |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |