GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| rigid | deficient in or devoid of flexibility |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |