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 |
|---|---|
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| natal | native |