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 |
|---|---|
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| hortatory | hortative |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |