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 |
|---|---|
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| plasticity | the quality or state of being plastic |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| approbation | commendation |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |