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
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gazette | newspaper |
prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
debonair | suave |
topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |