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 |
|---|---|
| headlong | headfirst |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| retiring | reserved |
| desiccate | to dry up |