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 |
|---|---|
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |