GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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WordMeaning
tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
contendto strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
interloperone that interlopes: such as
tertiaryof third rank, importance, or value
casteone of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes
implicationsomething implied: such as
kneadto work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations