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 |
|---|---|
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| sere | being dried and withered |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| invalid | not valid: |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |