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 |
|---|---|
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |