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 |
|---|---|
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| contest | strive |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |