GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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WordMeaning
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
limpto walk lamely
dictuma noteworthy statement: such as
indulgeto yield to the desire of : humor
concentrichaving a common center
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
chivalrousvaliant
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
rectitudethe quality or state of being straight
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity