GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| natal | native |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |