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 |
|---|---|
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| magnitude | great size or extent |