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 |
|---|---|
| wastrel | vagabond |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |