GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| avenge | to take vengeance for or on behalf of |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |