GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |