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 |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| concentric | having a common center |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |