GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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WordMeaning
defaceto mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details
approbationcommendation
genesisthe origin or coming into being of something
geriatricsa branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
retortto pay or hurl back : return