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 |
|---|---|
| urchin | hedgehog |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |