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 |
|---|---|
| medley | a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |