GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanction | a formal decree |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |