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.

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WordMeaning
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
discloseto make known or public
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
incidencerate of occurrence or influence
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
choreographythe art of symbolically representing dancing
propagateto cause to continue or increase by sexual or asexual reproduction
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness