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 |
|---|---|
| retribution | recompense |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |