GRE Word List
EMPIRICAL
based on experience
The meaning of the word empirical is based on experience.
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equivocal | (of words or statements) ambiguous; intentionally misleading; (of behavior) questionable; OP. unequivocal |
squeamish | easily shocked or sickened by unpleasant things; fastidious; Ex. A nurse should not be squeamish. |
headfirst | moving with the head leading; headlong |
impetus | moving force; momentum; force of a moving body; incentive; stimulus; impulse |
anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting |
parched | extremely dry; very thirsty; V. parch: make or become extremely dry (by exposure to heat) |
continence | self-restraint; sexual chastity; sexual abstinence; voluntary control over bladder and bowel functions; ADJ. continent |
trek | travel; journey; V: make a long difficult journey |
yeoman | man or farmer owning small estate; middle-class farmer |
fluctuate | waver; shift; rise and fall as if in waves; change or vary irregularly |