GRE Word List
BRUSQUE
markedly short and abrupt
The meaning of the word brusque is markedly short and abrupt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |