GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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nuptialof or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony
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connubialof or relating to the married state : conjugal
blueslow spirits : melancholy
culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery
tensioninner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion
ghastlyterrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening
herbivorousfeeding on plants