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 |
|---|---|
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| feline | of, relating to, or affecting cats or the cat family |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |