GRE Word List

ENCUMBER

weigh down

The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.

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WordMeaning
plightto put or give in pledge : engage
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xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
rendezvousa place appointed for assembling or meeting
rhapsodya portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation
affablebeing pleasant and at ease in talking to others
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centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject