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 |
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| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
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| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |