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 |
|---|---|
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| expiate | to make amends for |