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
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
arrhythmiclacking rhythm or regularity
bara straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening)
graphitea soft black lustrous form of carbon that conducts electricity and is used in lead pencils and electrolytic anodes, as a lubricant, and as a moderator in nuclear reactors
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake
urchinhedgehog
bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
correlationthe state or relation of being correlated
lanknot well filled out : slender
jollitythe quality or state of being jolly : merriment