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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |