GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |