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 |
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| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| rotunda | a round building |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |