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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| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |