GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| beleaguer | besiege |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |