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
cognizancea distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing)
appeasepacify
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
navigabledeep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships
churlishof, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar
strewto spread by scattering
circuita usually circular line encompassing an area
vortexsomething that resembles a whirlpool
unctuoushaving, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality
slywise in practical affairs