GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |