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 |
|---|---|
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| 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 |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |