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 |
|---|---|
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| spoof | deceive |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| endorse | to write on the back of |