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 |
|---|---|
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| chant | to make melodic sounds with the voice |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| paltry | inferior |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |