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 |
|---|---|
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |