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 |
|---|---|
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |