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 |
|---|---|
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| euphony | pleasing or sweet sound |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |