GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |