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 |
|---|---|
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |