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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sciondescendant
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runicany of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries
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predetermineforeordain