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 |
|---|---|
| overthrow | overturn |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |