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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addictiona compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted
bugabooan imaginary object of fear
haplesshaving no luck : unfortunate
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
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engageto offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end
elysiumthe abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
fortitudestrength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination