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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WordMeaning
philanthropistone who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy
remonstrateto present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate
indenturea document or a section of a document that is indented
acquiesceto accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively
charismaa personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader)
yieldto bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
latitudeangular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as
quintessencethe fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth