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 |
|---|---|
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| gnome | maxim |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| dys- | abnormal |