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 |
|---|---|
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |