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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted penetration and judgment : discerning |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |