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 |
|---|---|
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |