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 |
|---|---|
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |