GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

Random words

WordMeaning
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office
staidmarked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
tutelageinstruction especially of an individual
erratichaving no fixed course : wandering
macabrehaving death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death
stemthe main trunk of a plant