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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| throes | pang |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |