GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |