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 |
|---|---|
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| hurl | rush |