GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| 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 |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| premonitory | giving warning |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |