GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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WordMeaning
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
atrophydecrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue
hibernalof, relating to, or occurring in winter
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
impunityexemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss
galleona heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish
resignationan act or instance of resigning something : surrender
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
cloyingdisgusting or distasteful by reason of excess
motilitythe quality or state of being motile : capability of movement