gnosi & cognosc
These ROOT-WORDS are GNOSI & COGNOSC which come from the Latin noscere and cognoscere. They both mean KNOW. And I am COGNIzant of the fact that, if you reCOGNIze all these ROOT-WORDS you too will be a COGNOSCente.
1. Agnosy :a GNOS (ag’ no si) n.
State of not knowing; ignorance
2. Agnosia :a GNOSI a (ag no’ si a) n.
Inability to recognize familiar objects
3. Agnostic :a GNOS tic (ag nos’ tik) n.
One who professes ignorance about the certainty that God exists
4. Agnosticism :a GNOS ticism (ag nos’ ti siz um)
n.
The doctrine that God is unknowable
5. Cognition :COGNi tion (kog nish’ un) n.
The act of knowing
6. Cognizable :COGNI azble (kog’ ni za b’l) adj.
Can be known
7. Cognize :COGNI za (kog nize’) v.
To know; to perceive
8. Cognizance :COGNI zance (kog’ ni zans) n.
Notice; understanding
9. Cognizant :COGNI zant (kog’ ni zant) adj.
Knowing; being aware
10. Cognosce :COGNOSC e (cog nos’) v.
Inquire into; to determine
11. Cognoscente :COGNOSC ente (kon yoe shent’ ee) n.
One who is “in the know"; a connoisseur
12. Recognize :re COGNI ze (rek’ og nize) v.
To know again; as, recognize a face
13. Incognito :in COGNI to (in cog’ ni to) adj.
Not known; as, the King went about the city incognito
14. Prognosis :pro GNOSIS (prog no’ sis) n.
A forecast; foretelling the course of a disease
15. Prognose :pro GNOS e (prog nose’) v.
To give a prognosis of a disease
16. Prognostic :pro GNOS tic (prog nos’ tik) adj.
Foretelling; knowing beforehand
17. Prognosticable :pro GNOS ticable (prog nos’ticable) adj.
Can be foretold
18. Prognosticate :pro GNOS ticate (prog nos’ ti kate) v.
To foreshow from symptoms
19. Prognostication :pro GNOS tication (prog nos ti kay’ shun) n.
A prediction; forecast
20. Prognosticator :pro GNOS ticator (prog nos’ ti kate or) n.
One who can predict; prognose
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