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 |
|---|---|
| figurine | a small carved or molded figure : statuette |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |