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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| exegesis | exposition |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |