GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| debonair | suave |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |