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 |
|---|---|
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| stench | stink |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |