GRE Word List
EMPIRICAL
originating in or based on observation or experience
The meaning of the word empirical is originating in or based on observation or experience.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calorific | caloric |
| defer | put off |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |