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 |
|---|---|
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |