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 |
|---|---|
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| frail | easily led into evil |