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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addenduma thing added : addition
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decreean order usually having the force of law
reclineto cause or permit to incline backwards
appositehighly pertinent or appropriate : apt
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outstripto go faster or farther than
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