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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| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
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| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
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| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
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| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |