SAT vocabulary
Conjecture
An opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information; a guess.
Example
"The detective could only make a conjecture about the motive for the crime, as there were no witnesses."
Etymology
From Latin 'conjectura' meaning 'a guess, a drawing of conclusions', from 'conicere' 'to throw together, to infer'.
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