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 |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| replicate | duplicate |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |