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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stench | stink |
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| cataclysm | flood |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |