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 |
|---|---|
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| faze | to disturb the composure of : disconcert |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |