GRE Word List

ENCUMBER

weigh down

The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.

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descryto catch sight of
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
desperatehaving lost hope
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torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
stoopto bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees
disquisitiona formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
chroniclea historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation
earthyof, relating to, or consisting of earth