GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| swear-word | word considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody'' |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |