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 |
|---|---|
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| dirge | a song or hymn of grief or lamentation |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |