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 |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| uproar | a state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance |