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 |
|---|---|
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
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| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |