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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| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| conglomeration | the act of conglomerating : the state of being conglomerated |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |