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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anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
incriminateto charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault
quicksilvermercury
mendaciousgiven to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem
asunderinto parts
stagnantnot flowing in a current or stream
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient