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 |
|---|---|
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| impinge | encroach |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| brawny | muscular |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |