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 |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| exhume | disinter |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| transcendental | transcendent |