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 |
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| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
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| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |