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 |
|---|---|
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| panacea | a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |