GRE Word List

ENCUMBER

weigh down

The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.

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archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
vagaryan erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
flipto toss so as to cause to turn over in the air
artlesslacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
qualmsa feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
kudospraise given for achievement
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
sublimatesublime