GRE Word List

ENCUMBER

weigh down

The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.

Random words

WordMeaning
recessthe action of receding : recession
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
sovereignone possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty
interiman intervening time : interval
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
ephemerallasting a very short time
aviarya place for keeping birds confined
gerrymanderthe act or method of gerrymandering
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied
trunkthe main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots