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 |
|---|---|
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| farce | stuff |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |