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 |
|---|---|
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |