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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| gnome | maxim |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |