GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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crestfallenhaving a drooping crest or hanging head
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine
willowyabounding with willows
condescendto assume an air of superiority
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
weatherthe state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation