GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| dour | stern |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |