GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |