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 |
|---|---|
| irate | roused to ire |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |