Both Uses of
onerous
in
Into the Wild
- He had spent the previous four years, as he saw it, preparing to fulfill an absurd and onerous duty: to graduate from college.
p. 22..8 *onerous = difficult
- The insubstantial frost feathers ensured that those last twenty feet remained hard, scary, onerous.
p. 153..8
Definition:
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(onerous) difficult (requiring significant effort)