GRE Word List
ONUS
burden
The meaning of the word onus is burden.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acclaim | applaud |
| trite | hackneyed or boring from much use : not fresh or original |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |