GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
profligate | wildly extravagant |
facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
aloft | at or to a great height |
determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |