GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |