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 |
|---|---|
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |