GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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WordMeaning
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
gavelrent or tribute in medieval England
expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
accretionthe process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
deftcharacterized by facility and skill
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification