GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| repercussion | reflection |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| pummel | pound |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |