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 |
|---|---|
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |