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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metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
retainto keep in possession or use
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
rehabilitateto restore to a former capacity : reinstate
deviouswandering
suffragistone who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women
recountto relate in detail : narrate
attritionsorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God
animusa usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will