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 |
|---|---|
| acetic | vinegary |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |