GRE Word List
ENSCONCE
shelter
The meaning of the word ensconce is shelter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| bulk | magnitude |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |