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 |
|---|---|
| finery | ornament |
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| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| forte | one's strong point |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| dint | force |