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Cogn |
The Latin root for "to know Ex: cognition, recognizance |
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Gno |
The Greek root for "to know" Ex: prognosis, agnostic |
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Cred |
A root word that means "to believe" Ex: credit, incredulous |
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Cognition |
knowledge; awareness Ex: Your cognition of having to take care of your dog is lacking. |
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Credit |
approval of an action or talent Ex: My partner and I finished the project and the teacher gave us extra credit for our good work. |
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Agnostic |
programmed to run on any computer operating system. Ex: My program was agnostic after I downloaded it to my computer. |
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Credible |
trustworthy; believable Ex: My resume was very credible because I got the job I applied for. |
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Prognosticate |
to forecast what will happen; predict. Ex: The doctor had to prognosticate the symptoms I would have with the flu. |
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Credentials |
documents or other evidence indicating that someone had authority or is an expert Ex: The police officers showed us their credentials when we visited the police station. |
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Prognosis |
a prediction, made by someone with medical knowledge, about how much harm a disease might cause. Ex: The doctor had to make a prognosis about the extent of my cancer. |
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Accredited |
gave authority or responsibility Ex: The principal accredited me the valedictorian for my high school graduation. |
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Recognizance |
knowledge that a person is legally required to preform an action Ex: I have recognizance to be on jury duty next week. |
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Incognito |
disguised so that one's true identity cannot be known. Ex: On Halloween, we are all incognito. |
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Cognizant |
aware of; knowing about Ex: We are all cognizant of the algebra test tomorrow. |
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Incredulous |
doubting; not believing Ex: The story that Sofie told was incredulous because there are no such thing as a dragon in real life |
