GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| centigrade | relating 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 |
| exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |