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 |
|---|---|
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |