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 |
|---|---|
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| facade | the front of a building |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| conflagration | fire |