GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| pitfall | trap |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |