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 |
|---|---|
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |