GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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WordMeaning
calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
pliablesupple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking
sublimeto cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form
orthographythe art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
penetrateto pass into or through
brittleeasily broken, cracked, or snapped
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
conteststrive
rightfuljust
depleteto empty of a principal substance