GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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mellifluoushaving a smooth rich flow
tantalizeto tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
wrenchto move with a violent twist
snipa small piece that is snipped off
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
anarchyabsence of government
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
antiquityancient times