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 |
|---|---|
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |