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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |