GRE Word List

ENSCONCE

shelter

The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.

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servileof or befitting a menial position
poreto gaze intently
wrangleto dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker
coupa sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat
inflateddistended with air or gas
succorrelief
replicaan exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist
derisionthe use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
pinnacea light sailing ship
anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident