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 |
|---|---|
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| ignite | to set afire |