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 |
|---|---|
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| leave-taking | departure |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
| progeny | descendants |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |