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 |
|---|---|
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |