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 |
|---|---|
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| venue | locale |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| larder | a place where food is stored : pantry |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |