GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rift | fissure |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| spate | freshet |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |