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 |
|---|---|
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |