GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| atypical | not typical : irregular |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| dingy | dirty |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |