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 |
|---|---|
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |