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 |
|---|---|
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| 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 |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |