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 |
|---|---|
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |