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 |
|---|---|
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |