GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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valedictionan act of bidding farewell
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
underscoreto draw a line under : underline
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kenthe range of perception, understanding, or knowledge