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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exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
makeshifta usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
drossthe scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal
stenchstink
skinflinta person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser
degeneratehaving declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice