GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |