GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| apparent | open to view : visible |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| ample | generous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |