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 |
|---|---|
| pendant | something suspended: such as |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| calorific | caloric |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |