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
galea strong current of air:
delugean overflowing of the land by water
pento shut in or as if in a pen
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
marginthe part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter
genericrelating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general
fracasa noisy quarrel : brawl
amplegenerous or more than adequate in size, scope, or capacity
serpentineof or resembling a serpent (as in form or movement)