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 |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| confidence | a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |