GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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WordMeaning
oligarchygovernment by the few
triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
insatiableincapable of being satisfied : quenchless
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squatto cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground
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loga usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree
flitto pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another
slapto strike sharply with or as if with the open hand
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