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.

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bewitchto influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
sparenot being used
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
paraphernaliathe separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life
gamelya physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
pugilistfighter
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
contrivancea thing contrived
vassala person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant