GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |