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.

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WordMeaning
impudencethe quality or state of being impudent
gauchelacking social experience or grace
taxonomistthe study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics
paradigmexample
antecedeprecede
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
snipa small piece that is snipped off
categoricalabsolute
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")