GRE Word List
EMPIRICAL
based on experience
The meaning of the word empirical is based on experience.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| equivocal | (of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal |
| squeamish | easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish. |
| headfirst | moving with the head leading; headlong |
| impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
| anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting |
| parched | extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat) |
| continence | self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent |
| trek | travel; journey; V: make a long difficult journey |
| yeoman | man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer |
| fluctuate | waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly |
