GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| purse | a small bag for money |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| wiggle | to move to and fro with quick jerky or shaking motions : jiggle |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |