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

WordMeaning
apoliticalhaving no interest or involvement in political affairs
prosceniumthe stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater
dulltedious
rivuleta small stream
sextantan instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude)
dominaterule
sleightdeceitful craftiness
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
perditioneternal damnation
reprimanda severe or formal reproof