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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suspendto debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function
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repugnancethe quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent
verbatimin the exact words : word for word
stringenttight
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