GRE Word List

ENCUMBER

weigh down

The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.

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venerateto regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference
consternationamazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
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snickerto laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries