GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| collected | gathered together |