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

WordMeaning
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
scintillateto emit sparks : spark
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice
scrapsfragments of discarded or leftover food
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful
spontaneitythe quality or state of being spontaneous
indigentsuffering from extreme poverty : impoverished
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate