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 |
|---|---|
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| obscure | dark |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |