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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| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| abject | sunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |