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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| disport | sport |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| recreant | crying for mercy : cowardly |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |