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 |
|---|---|
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| demented | mad |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |