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 |
|---|---|
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| blare | to sound loud and strident |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| congruent | congruous |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |