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 |
|---|---|
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| paramour | lover |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |