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 |
|---|---|
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| hirsute | hairy |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |