GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| plane | airplane |
| weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |