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 |
|---|---|
| concoct | to prepare by combining raw materials |
| privy | private |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |