GRE Word List
COGNIZANCE
a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
The meaning of the word cognizance is a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |