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
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition
coddleto cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
leniencythe quality or state of being lenient
bravadoblustering swaggering conduct
fitfulcharacterized by fits or paroxysms
conglomeratemade up of parts from various sources or of various kinds