GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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WordMeaning
bouta spell or period of activity: such as
refractoryresisting control or authority : stubborn
compartmenta separate division or section
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
pathologicalof or relating to pathology
seetheto suffer violent internal excitement
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
mogulan Indian Muslim of or descended from one of several conquering groups of Mongol, Turkish, and Persian origin
intersticea space that intervenes between things
superfluousexceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra