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 |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |