GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
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|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
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| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |