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 |
|---|---|
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| audacious | intrepidly daring : adventurous |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |