GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| omnipotent | almighty |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |