GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
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adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
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knotty | marked by or full of knots |
saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |