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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |