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 |
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| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| amenities | something that helps to provide comfort, convenience, or enjoyment |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |