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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shoveto push along
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fronda large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions
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capillaryresembling a hair especially in slender elongated form
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