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 |
|---|---|
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |