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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
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| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| wreak | bring about |
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