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 |
|---|---|
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| spare | not being used |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| pugilist | fighter |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |