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 |
|---|---|
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| boost | to push or shove up from below |