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
innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
chameleonany of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal
tinta usually slight or pale coloration : hue
awfulextremely disagreeable or objectionable
straggleto wander from the direct course or way : rove
fructifyto bear fruit
purgatoryan intermediate state after death for expiatory purification
perpetrateto bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit
irrefutableimpossible to refute : incontrovertible
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract