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 |
|---|---|
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |