GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| approbation | commendation |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |