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 |
|---|---|
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |