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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WordMeaning
scotchscottish
insomniaprolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
stenchstink
archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
elopeto run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent
cruxa puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol