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
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
phoenixa legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
antiquityancient times
apocalypticof, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
transgressionan act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
repulseto drive or beat back : repel
subjugateto bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer
cosmicof or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone