GRE words

Peruse

*to look for
Examine carefully

Rapt

*Pay attention
Fascinated by what one is seeing or hearing

Fallacious

*Falsehood
Mistaken belief based on unsound argument

Feign

*Falsehood
Pretend to be affected by...
Fake, sham

Specious

*Falsehood
Misleading in appearance
Deceptive

Anomalous

*Odd, Weird
Deviating from what is standard

Digress

*Odd, Weird
Go off on a tangent
Deviate

Parry

*Avoid
Deflect
Answer evasively

Ephemeral

*Temporary
Lasting for a very short period of time

Corroborate

*Confirm
Give support
Verify

Lucid

*Clear
Expressed clearly
Easy to understand

Prodigal

*Wasteful
Wastefully extravagant
Spending freely and recklessly

Isolate

*Separate
Being alone or apart from others

Sever

*Separate
Divide by cutting or slicing

Discrete

*Separate
Individually separate and distinct

Synthesis

*Combination
Composition, union, blend

Engender

*Impact, change
Cause or give rise to...

Circumlocution

*Talking to much
the use of many words where fewer would do

Verbosity

*Talking too much
Expressed in more words than needed

Tacit

*Talking too little
understood or implied without being stated

Implicit

*Talking too little
implied though not plainly expressed

Platitude

*Dull, boring
a remark or statement: one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful