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 |
|---|---|
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |