GRE Word List
BRUSQUE
markedly short and abrupt
The meaning of the word brusque is markedly short and abrupt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| imprecation | curse |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |