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 |
|---|---|
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |