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 |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| dire | exciting horror |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |