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 |
|---|---|
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |