GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| haunt | to visit often : frequent |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| paramour | lover |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |