GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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mercantileof or relating to merchants or trading
abbreviateto make briefer
plasticitythe quality or state of being plastic
pugnacityhaving a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent
thronga multitude of assembled persons
infestto spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner
delugean overflowing of the land by water
inanimatenot animate:
caucusa closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
nubileof marriageable condition or age