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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WordMeaning
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed
triflesomething of little value, substance, or importance
lustusually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness
precociousexceptionally early in development or occurrence
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
sharda piece or fragment of a brittle substance
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
itineranttraveling from place to place
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
viscoushaving a thick or sticky consistency : viscid