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 |
|---|---|
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |