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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stanchto check or stop the flowing of
protuberancesomething that is protuberant
transitiona change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another
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imbibedrink
tithea tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment
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