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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |