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 |
|---|---|
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |