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 |
|---|---|
| expository | of, relating to, or containing exposition |
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| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| conglomerate | made up of parts from various sources or of various kinds |