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.
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| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
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| trance | stupor |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
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| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |