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 |
|---|---|
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| deputize | to appoint as deputy |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| ecstasy | a state of overwhelming emotion |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| swindler | to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |