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 |
|---|---|
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |