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 |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |