GRE Word List
ODYSSEY
long, eventful, adventurous journey
The meaning of the word odyssey is long, eventful, adventurous journey.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| fray | brawl; fight; V: wear away or unravel by rubbing; have loose threads developing; cause to become worn out (a person's temper or nerves); CF. rub |
| sheaf | bundle of stalks of grain; any bundle of things tied together |
| dispatch | speediness; prompt execution; message sent with all due speed; V: send to a specified destination; finish promptly; kill |
| unearthly | not earthly; supernatural; weird; ghostly |
| ransack | search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town. |
| madrigal | pastoral song; song for several singers without instruments |
| caliber | ability; quality; diameter of the inside of a round cylinder; Ex. work of very high caliber |
| wring | twist (to extract liquid); extract by twisting; wrench painfully (necks or hands) |
| mischance | ill luck |
| plethora | excess; overabundance; Ex. a plethora of excuses |