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 |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |