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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WordMeaning
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy
regicidea person who kills a king
reminiscentof the character of or relating to reminiscence
lunarcrescent
paradigmexample
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
touchymarked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush
diversionthe act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation