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 |
|---|---|
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| hue | overall character or appearance to the mind : complexion |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |