GRE Word List
PHILOLOGY
the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature
The meaning of the word philology is the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| plait | pleat |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| junket | trip |