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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |