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
sedulousinvolving or accomplished with careful perseverance
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
deploreto feel or express grief for
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
categoricalabsolute
confiscateappropriated by the government : forfeited
sanctiona formal decree
routa state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat
tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing