GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sublimate | sublime |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| goad | to incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |