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 |
|---|---|
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| droll | having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |