Aware
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty. Conscious or having knowledge of something
Example sentence: I am fully aware that cricket is like a second religion in Pakistan.
Cognizant
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Aware.
Example sentence: There's a history of enslaved African-Americans having to make their slave masters comfortable. This business of what we call skinning and grinning - that is something African-Americans are very much cognizant of.