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 |
|---|---|
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| asunder | into parts |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |