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
necromancyconjuration (see conjure
riftfissure
eruditehaving or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition
fraileasily led into evil
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
summationthe act or process of forming a sum : addition
malingererto pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work)
sanguinarybloodthirsty
subsequentfollowing in time, order, or place
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task