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 |
|---|---|
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| sledge | sledgehammer |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| luscious | having a delicious taste or smell : sweet |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| ramification | branch |