GRE Word List
PHILOLOGY
study of language or words
The meaning of the word philology is study of language or words.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sloth | slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent |
| profligate | wasteful (of money); dissipated; wildly immoral; dissolute; N: profligate person; N. profligacy |
| igneous | produced by fire; of fire; volcanic; (of rocks) formed from lava; Ex. igneous meteorite |
| idolatry | worship of idols; excessive admiration or devotion; ADJ. idolatrous |
| flicker | burn unsteadily or fitfully; move waveringly; N: flickering movement or light; brief sensation; Ex. flicker of excitement |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
| leaven | add leaven to; cause to rise or grow lighter; enliven; N: agent, such as yeast, that causes dough to rise (by fermentation); element that lightens or enlivens |
| prescience | ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient |
| devout | pious; deeply religious; sincere; earnest; Ex. my devout hope |
| eon | long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras |
