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 |
|---|---|
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |