GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |