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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effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
prepossessingcreating prejudice
denizeninhabitant
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
concertedmutually contrived or agreed on
paritythe quality or state of being equal or equivalent
anthema song or hymn of praise or gladness
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
holstera leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle