GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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militate | to have weight or effect |
rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
genuflect | to bend the knee |
capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |