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 |
|---|---|
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| mortician | undertaker |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| compile | to compose out of materials from other documents |