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 |
|---|---|
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| laud | praise |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |