GRE Word List

BRUSQUE

markedly short and abrupt

The meaning of the word brusque is markedly short and abrupt.

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WordMeaning
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
nomenclaturename
synopticaffording a general view of a whole
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evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
sturdyfirmly built or constituted : stout
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
forthrightfree from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism