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
insuperableincapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved
indicativeserving to indicate
ancestryline of descent : lineage
resonantcontinuing to sound : echoing
frigidintensely cold
swarma great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
incompatiblenot compatible: such as
astralof, relating to, or coming from the stars
denominationan act of denominating