GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| thespian | actor |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |