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 |
|---|---|
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| aver | to declare positively |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |