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 |
|---|---|
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |