GRE Word List

ENCUMBER

weigh down

The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.

Random words

WordMeaning
tightwada close or miserly person
carnivoroussubsisting or feeding on animal tissues
entrepreneurone who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise
equivocateto use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive
placeboa usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
varnisha liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating
salaciousarousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination
fabricateinvent
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
interregnumthe time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes