The museum guide's brusque reply to a visitor's question startled the group, though his answer was accurate.
博物馆导游对游客问题的生硬回答让一行人吃了一惊，尽管他的答案很准确。
Which choice best defines “brusque”?
C — Blunt and abrupt in manner.. “brusque” means Blunt and abrupt in manner..
Which word means “Blunt and abrupt in manner.”?
C — brusque. “brusque” means Blunt and abrupt in manner..
brusque — Blunt and abrupt in manner.. In Chinese: 唐突的；生硬的.
brusque is pronounced //bruːsk//.
The museum guide's brusque reply to a visitor's question startled the group, though his answer was accurate. (博物馆导游对游客问题的生硬回答让一行人吃了一惊，尽管他的答案很准确。)
abrupt, curt, blunt — all close in meaning to brusque (Blunt and abrupt in manner.).
gracious, courteous — each the opposite of brusque (Blunt and abrupt in manner.).
Yes. brusque is on the SAT Prep Difficult list — the higher-register words that decide the hard questions. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
brusque → 说话直冲、不客气。