GRE Word List

CUMBERSOME

unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk

The meaning of the word cumbersome is unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk.

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WordMeaning
cavaliermarked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain
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addenduma thing added : addition
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antithesisthe direct opposite
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vivisectionthe cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation
alleviaterelieve
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
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