GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
sectarianof, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian
exclaimto cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion
raga waste piece of cloth
scrapfragments of discarded or leftover food
ursineof or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae)
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
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extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty