GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
