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 |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| connivance | the act of conniving |