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 |
|---|---|
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| hortatory | hortative |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |