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 |
|---|---|
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| paradigm | example |
| antecede | precede |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| categorical | absolute |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |