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 |
|---|---|
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| warrant | sanction |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |