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 |
|---|---|
| upright | perpendicular |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| exude | to ooze out |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| tepid | moderately warm : lukewarm |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |