GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| leave-taking | departure |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |