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 |
|---|---|
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| incessant | continuing or following without interruption : unceasing |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |