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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| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
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| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| lubricate | to make smooth or slippery |
| irate | roused to ire |
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| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |