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 |
|---|---|
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| provenance | origin |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| entail | to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |