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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WordMeaning
recalcitrantobstinately defiant of authority or restraint
perjurythe voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
impermeablenot permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance
myriadten thousand
fallowof a light yellowish-brown color
knottymarked by or full of knots
outskirtsa part remote from the center : border