GRE Word List
ENCUMBER
weigh down
The meaning of the word encumber is weigh down.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| hubbub | noise |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |