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
manipulateto treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
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mongrelan individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
fervorintensity of feeling or expression
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
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anecdotea usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident