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 |
|---|---|
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| fresco | the art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments |
| render | to melt down |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| denizen | inhabitant |