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 |
|---|---|
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| attentive | mindful |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |