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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optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
adverseacting against or in a contrary direction : hostile
predatoran organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation
spatialrelating to, occupying, or having the character of space
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
imbueendow
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
curfewthe sounding of a bell at evening
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony