GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| irremediable | not remediable |