GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| giddy | dizzy |
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |