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 |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| dynamo | generator |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |