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 |
|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| actuary | clerk |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| promiscuous | having or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |