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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replicateduplicate
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
festerto generate pus
sequesterto set apart : segregate
warrantya real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title
machiavellianof or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism
shudderto tremble convulsively : shiver
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diaphanouscharacterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
vestigea trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost