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 |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |