TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 01-Feb-13
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 01-Feb-13 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists extrapolation [ ik-STRAP-uh'-ley-shuh'n ] [ noun ] MEANING : 1. the act of inferring by projecting known information 2. an inference based on or extended from known information USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The detective was able, by the process of extrapolation, to deduce that the witness was actually the murderer. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : "The notion of a 'graveyard of empires' is actually a false extrapolation from something that is true -- that there is tactical and strategic difficulty," Porter says. CNN, Is Afghanistan really a 'graveyard of empires?' Barry Neild, 7 December 2009. amphibian [ am-FIB-ee-uh' n ] [ noun, adjective ] MEANING : 1. (n.) an orga