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 |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| trappings | outward signs |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |