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 |
|---|---|
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| sublimate | sublime |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| repeal | to rescind or annul by authoritative act |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |