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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
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| abnegation | denial |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |