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 |
|---|---|
| frigid | intensely cold |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |