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 |
|---|---|
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| pseudonym | a fictitious name |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| nexus | connection |