GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |