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 |
|---|---|
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| collected | gathered together |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| peddle | to travel about with wares for sale |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |