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 |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a 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) |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| devious | wandering |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |