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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WordMeaning
deploreto feel or express grief for
contrabandillegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling
subpoenaa writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure
mottledmarked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors
repositorya place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository
subsidiaryfurnishing aid or support : auxiliary
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
artifactsa usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
topographythe 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
elicitto call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response)