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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| viand | an item of food |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| dispirited | to deprive of morale or enthusiasm |
| facet | any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration) |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |