GRE Word List

ONUS

burden

The meaning of the word onus is burden.

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riveta headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head
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leewayan allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance
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decadencethe process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent
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