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 |
|---|---|
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| minuscule | very small |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |