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 |
|---|---|
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |