GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |