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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| concentric | having a common center |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |