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 |
|---|---|
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| demise | death |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| scabbard | a sheath for a sword, dagger, or bayonet |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |