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 |
|---|---|
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| connoisseur | expert |