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 |
|---|---|
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |