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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| amity | friendship |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |