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 |
|---|---|
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| invalid | not valid: |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |