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 |
|---|---|
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| vision | the act or power of seeing : sight |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |