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

WordMeaning
viscoushaving a thick or sticky consistency : viscid
matrimonythe state of being married : marriage
dribbleto issue sporadically and in small bits
torridparched with heat especially of the sun : hot
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
flaira skill or instinctive ability to appreciate or make good use of something : talent
grandeurthe quality or state of being grand : magnificence
torrenta violent or forceful flow of fluid
prurientmarked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense