GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |
| acclaim | applaud |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |