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

WordMeaning
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
pronouncedstrongly marked : decided
redundantexceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous
vigilantalertly watchful especially to avoid danger
genuflectto bend the knee
pento shut in or as if in a pen
incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
congealto change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed