GRE Word List

INTERPOLATE

to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter

The meaning of the word interpolate is to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter.

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WordMeaning
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
shuffleto mix in a mass confusedly : jumble
gawka clumsy stupid person : lout
imperilto bring into peril : endanger
embarkto go on board a vehicle for transportation
piebaldcomposed of incongruous parts
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
soothsayera person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator
incidencerate of occurrence or influence