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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finishto come to an end : terminate
deftcharacterized by facility and skill
badinageplayful repartee : banter
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
antiquityancient times
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
effronteryshameless boldness : insolence
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
gratuitousnot called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
servileof or befitting a menial position