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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perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
freebooterpirate
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tricksterone who tricks: such as
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adamantunshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding