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.

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WordMeaning
oatmealmeal made from oats
cantataa composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment
applicationan act of applying:
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
lingerto be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry
dorsalan ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar
carnalrelating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites
illusorybased on or producing illusion : deceptive
infernalof or relating to a nether world of the dead
depreciateto lower in honor or esteem