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 |
|---|---|
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| chafe | irritate |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |