GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |