GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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WordMeaning
intrudeto thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome
barefacedhaving the face uncovered:
denounceto pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil
relapsethe act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
germinalbeing in the earliest stage of development
pulverizeto reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize
jurisdictionthe power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law