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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| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |