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 |
|---|---|
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |