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 |
|---|---|
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| nourish | nurture |