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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| fauna | animal life |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |