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 |
|---|---|
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| warranted | sanction |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |