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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WordMeaning
flirtto move erratically : flit
recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
steadfastfirmly fixed in place : immovable
subsistencereal being : existence
hotheada hotheaded person
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
reduceto draw together or cause to converge : consolidate
aridexcessively dry
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke