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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| malediction | curse |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |