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 |
|---|---|
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |