GRE Word List
BRUSQUE
markedly short and abrupt
The meaning of the word brusque is markedly short and abrupt.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| juncture | a point of time |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |