GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quicksilver | mercury |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| nuance | a subtle distinction or variation |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| fiend | devil |
