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 |
|---|---|
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |