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 |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| afterlife | an existence after death |