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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metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
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hummocka rounded knoll or hillock
primordialfirst created or developed : primeval
exactto call for forcibly or urgently and obtain
striatedmarked with striations or striae
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