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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slitherto slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface
distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
retractto draw back or in
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
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