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
toutto make much of : promote
blanchto take the color out of
depredationto lay waste : plunder
invulnerableincapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed
exertionthe act or an instance of exerting
standstilla state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop
flickerto move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
moratoriuma legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt
malignevil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious