GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| privy | private |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |