GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| progeny | descendants |
| pitfall | trap |
| perforate | to make a hole through |
| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |