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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| violate | break |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| flighty | swift |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |