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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jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
prudea person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum
pusillanimouslacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity
upshotthe final result : outcome
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
floutto treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn
ingenuea naive girl or young woman
herbivorousfeeding on plants
irreconcilableimpossible to reconcile