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 |
|---|---|
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| colloquy | conversation |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| spate | freshet |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |