GRE Word List

VICARIOUS

experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another

The meaning of the word vicarious is experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another.

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WordMeaning
incisiveimpressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)
disparageto depreciate (see depreciate
compactpredominantly formed or filled : composed
turbulencethe quality or state of being turbulent: such as
debaseto lower in status, esteem, quality, or character
maxima general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
brindledhaving obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground
incipientbeginning to come into being or to become apparent
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
perforateto make a hole through