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 |
|---|---|
| submerge | to put under water |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |