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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codicila legal instrument made to modify an earlier will
intuitionthe power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference
imprudentnot prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment
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kineticof or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith
ancillarysubordinate
sonorousproducing sound (as when struck)
reparationa repairing or keeping in repair
bigota person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices