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 |
|---|---|
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |