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 |
|---|---|
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |
| growl | rumble |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |