GRE Word List
EXTRAPOLATION
to predict by projecting past experience or known data
The meaning of the word extrapolation is to predict by projecting past experience or known data.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |