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 |
|---|---|
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| cardinal | a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals (see college |
| tyranny | oppressive power |