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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carousala wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse
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interloperone that interlopes: such as
assuageto lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
overturean initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
conscripta conscripted person (such as a military recruit)
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