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 |
|---|---|
| outmoded | not being in style |
| verge | brink |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| ploy | escapade |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |