GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
determinate | having defined limits |
shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
distant | separated in space : away |
disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
modish | fashionable |
equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |