GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| convention | agreement |
| irreparable | not reparable : irremediable |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |