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 |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| glare | to shine with a harsh uncomfortably brilliant light |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| paradigm | example |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |