The Roots -gno-, -cog-, and -sci-

Amy B.
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  1. cognition
    the psychological result of perception and reasoning
  2. cognizant
    having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization
  3. connoisseur
    an expert able to appreciate a field
  4. conscientious
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  5. diagnosis
    identifying the nature or cause of some phenomenon
  6. incognito
    without revealing one's identity
  7. notoriety
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  8. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  9. prognosis
    a prediction of the course of a disease
  10. unconscionable
    greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation
Created on Wed Jul 11 11:07:13 EDT 2012 (updated Wed Jul 11 11:13:37 EDT 2012)

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