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 |
|---|---|
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |