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 |
|---|---|
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| clip | encompass |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |