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 |
|---|---|
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |