GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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WordMeaning
douseto plunge into water
emblazonto inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices
warrena place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant)
deviouswandering
mustera representative specimen (see specimen
stippleto engrave by means of dots and flicks
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
irresoluteuncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating
transgressionan act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed