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 |
|---|---|
| lank | not well filled out : slender |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| minuscule | very small |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| postulate | demand |
| undulating | having a wavy surface, edge, or markings |