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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| facade | the front of a building |