GRE vocabulary
vicarious
experienced indirectly through another person's actions or feelings
In a sentence
Vicarious in a sentence
Here is an example sentence showing vicarious in a sentence.
She took vicarious pleasure in her daughter's athletic triumphs.
Synonyms
Antonyms
firsthanddirect
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Questions about “vicarious”
Vicarious (adjective) means experienced indirectly through another person's actions or feelings
Here is vicarious used in an example sentence: "She took vicarious pleasure in her daughter's athletic triumphs."
Common synonyms for vicarious include secondhand, indirect, surrogate, delegated.
Antonyms of vicarious include firsthand, direct.
Vicarious is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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