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 |
|---|---|
| eulogistic | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| bantering | to speak to or address in a witty and teasing manner |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |