GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commune | talk over |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| enormity | an outrageous, improper, vicious, or immoral act |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| demented | mad |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |