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.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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impenitent | not penitent |
overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
pendulous | poised without visible support |
objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
arduous | hard to accomplish or achieve : difficult |
compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |