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 |
|---|---|
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| fritter | a small mass of fried or sautéed batter often containing fruit or meat |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| environ | encircle |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |