GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
convoluted | having convolutions |
eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
deprecate | to express disapproval of |
emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |