GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| stump | the basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |
| engender | beget |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |