GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |