GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| provision | the act or process of providing |