GRE Word List

ODYSSEY

a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune

The meaning of the word odyssey is a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune.

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WordMeaning
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
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extolto praise highly : glorify
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
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pillagethe act of looting or plundering especially in war
prosperousauspicious
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances