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 |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| torrid | parched with heat especially of the sun : hot |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |