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 |
|---|---|
| trappings | outward signs |
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| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| swill | wash |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |