GRE Word List
BRUSQUE
markedly short and abrupt
The meaning of the word brusque is markedly short and abrupt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |