GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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WordMeaning
paradigmexample
deliberateto think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
feintsomething feigned
piebaldcomposed of incongruous parts
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
repastsomething taken as food : meal
humdrummonotonous
smatteringsuperficial piecemeal knowledge
surfeitan overabundant supply : excess