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.

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WordMeaning
errantbehaving wrongly
fruitfulyielding or producing fruit
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
predecessorone that precedes
inquisitivegiven to examination or investigation
waftto move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium
carriondead and putrefying flesh
frustrateto balk or defeat in an endeavor
polaritythe 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
guiledeceitful cunning : duplicity