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 |
|---|---|
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| fester | to generate pus |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| resign | relegate |