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

WordMeaning
overwroughtextremely excited : agitated
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
contrivedhaving an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
intractablenot easily governed, managed, or directed
alludeto make indirect reference
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
coevalof the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship