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 |
|---|---|
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| mortician | undertaker |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |