GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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WordMeaning
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
animatedendowed with life or the qualities of life : alive
sedentarynot migratory : settled
direexciting horror
tactileperceptible by touch : tangible
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light
vacuousemptied of or lacking content