GRE Word List
BRUSQUE
markedly short and abrupt
The meaning of the word brusque is markedly short and abrupt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| rhapsodize | to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| harass | exhaust |
| gingerly | very cautious or careful |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |