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 |
|---|---|
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| whimsy | whim |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| anomalous | inconsistent with or deviating from what is usual, normal, or expected : irregular |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |