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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| appease | pacify |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |