GRE Word List
BRUSQUE
markedly short and abrupt
The meaning of the word brusque is markedly short and abrupt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| deprecate | to express disapproval of |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |