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 |
|---|---|
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |