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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |