GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| forlorn | bereft |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| stilted | pompous |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |