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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| noisome | noxious |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |