GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| indefatigable | incapable of being fatigued : untiring |