Empirical

Empirical: [em-pir-i-kuh l]

Here's how to remember:
Maintaining an empire requires many practical experiences. 




Explain how this series of events below represents the vocab word.  Would you want to married in an empirical way?








See if you can spot the synonyms and antonyms from the choices below.

Observational
Factual
Hypothetical
Theoretical




Now see if you can guess which definition is the correct one.

1. the most suitable or exact word or expression
2. extremely slight; incapable of being perceived by the senses or the mind
3. a difference in equality in age, rank, degree, amount, or quality; a dissimilarity, unlikeness
4. derived from, dependent upon, or guided by practical experience, observation, or experiment, rather than by theory; so verifiable