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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |