GRE Word List

ENCUMBER

weigh down

The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.

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discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
definitiveserving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
supplicantone who supplicates
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
galvanicof, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity
therapeuticof or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative
opprobriumsomething that brings disgrace