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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WordMeaning
procurementthe act or process of procuring
complementaryserving to fill out or complete
undertakerone who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur
mutabilityprone to change : inconstant
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
corrugatedhaving corrugations
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
virtueconformity to a standard of right : morality
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body