GRE Word List
CUMBERSOME
unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk
The meaning of the word cumbersome is unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |