GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| dogged | marked by stubborn determination |
| parochial | of or relating to a church parish |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |