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 |
|---|---|
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |