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 |
|---|---|
| submissive | submitting to others |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| demise | death |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |