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 |
|---|---|
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |
| scion | descendant |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| hirsute | hairy |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |