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 |
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| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| mischance | bad luck |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| feature | the structure, form, or appearance especially of a person |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |