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
quoruma select group
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
misogamya hatred of marriage
carriondead and putrefying flesh
cadencethe beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity
anchora device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
assumptiona taking to or upon oneself
scorchto burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun