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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |