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 |
|---|---|
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |