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 |
|---|---|
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |