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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exonerateto relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
frugalitythe quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift
vitreousresembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
constitutionthe basic principles and laws of a nation, state, or social group that determine the powers and duties of the government and guarantee certain rights to the people in it
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
leniencythe quality or state of being lenient
contrivedhaving an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial