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 |
|---|---|
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |