GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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WordMeaning
charydiscreetly cautious: such as
dazeto stupefy especially by a blow : stun
homespunspun or made at home
continencethe ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
righteousacting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
distraughtagitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain
carcinogenicproducing or tending to produce cancer
snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter