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 |
|---|---|
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| pugilist | fighter |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |