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 |
|---|---|
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |