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 |
|---|---|
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| exult | to be extremely joyful : rejoice |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |