GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| virile | having traditionally masculine traits especially to a marked degree |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |