GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trickster | one who tricks: such as |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| contrite | feeling or showing sorrow and remorse for improper or objectionable behavior, actions, etc. |
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |