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Question 0

quadrangle

Answer 0

(n) a four-sided court bordered by large buildings.

Question 1

quack (2)

Answer 1

(n) a person who falsely claims to have medical skill or to have remedies which will cure diseases etc.

Question 2

quadrennial

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(adj)1. Lasting for four years. 2. Happening every fourth year.

Question 3

quadruple

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(adj)1. Consisting of four parts, involving four people or groups, (a quadruple alliance). 2. Four times as much as, (shall need quadruple that number of lights). (v) to multiply or become multiplied by four; (costs had quadrupled), had increased to four times the original amount.

Question 4

quadruplet

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(n) one of four children born at one birth.

Question 5

quaff

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(v) to drink (a thing) in long draughts.

Question 6

quagmire

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(n) a bog or marsh.

Question 7

quaint

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(adj) odd in a pleasing way, attractive through being unusual or old-fashioned. Quaintly (adv), quaintness (n).

Question 8

quake

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(v) to shake or tremble from unsteadiness, to shake with fear. (n)1. A quaking movement. 2. (informal) an earthquake.

Question 9

qualify

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(v)(qualified, qualifying)1. To make or become competent or eligible or legally entitled to do something. 2. To make (a statement etc.) less general or extreme, to limit its meaning, (‘in all cases’ needs to be qualified as ‘in all known cases’); (gave it only qualified approval), not complete approval. 3. To describe, to attribute some quality to, (they qualified him as ambitious); (adjectives qualify nouns). Qualifier (n).

Question 10

qualm

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(n)1. A misgiving, a pang of conscience. 2. A sudden feeling of sickness or faintness.

Question 11

quandary

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(n) a state of perplexity, a difficult situation.

Question 12

quantum

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(n)(pl quanta) the amount required or desired.

Question 13

quarry

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1. (n)1. An intended prey or victim being hunted. 2. Something that is sought or pursued.
2. (n) an open excavation from which stone or slate etc. is obtained. (v)(quarried, quarrying)1. To obtain (stone etc.) from a quarry. 2. To search laboriously in order to extract information etc.

Question 14

quartermaster

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(n)1. (in the army) a regimental officer in charge of stores and assigning quarters etc. 2. A naval petty officer in charge of steering and signals.

Question 15

quash

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(v)1. To annul, to reject (by legal authority) as not valid, (quashed the conviction). 2. To suppress or crush (a rebellion etc.)

Question 16

quasi-

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(prefix) seeming to be something but not really so, (a quasi-scientific explanation).

Question 17

quaver

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(v)1. To tremble, to vibrate. 2. To speak in a trembling voice. (n) 1. A quavering sound. 2. A note in music, lasting half as long as a crotchet.

Question 18

quay

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(n) a landing-place, usually built of stone or iron, alongside which ships can be tied up for loading and unloading. Quayside (n): land forming or beside a quay.

Question 19

queasy

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(adj)(queasier, queasiest)1. Feeling slightly sick. 2. Having a digestion that is easily upset. 3. (of food) causing a feeling of sickness. 4. Squeamish. Queasiness (n).

Question 20

quell

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(v) to suppress, to reduce to submission, (quelled the rebellion).

Question 21

quintessence

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(n)1. An essence of a substance. 2. The essence or essential part of a theory or speech or condition etc. 3. A perfect example of a quality.

Question 22

quirk

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(n)1. A peculiarity of a person’s behaviour. 2. A trick of fate.

Question 23

quip

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(n) a witty or sarcastic remark. (v)(quipped, quipping) to utter as a quip.

Question 24

quixotic

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(adj) chivalrous and unselfish to an extravagant or impractical extent. Quixotically (adv). (named after Don Quixote, hero of a Spanish story.)

Question 25

quizzical

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(adj)1. Done in a questioning way. 2. Gently amused. Quizzically (adv).

Question 26

quorum

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(n) the minimum number of people that must be present at a meeting before its proceedings are to be regarded as valid.

Question 27

quota

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(n)1. A fixed share that must be done or contributed or received. 2. The maximum number or amount of people or things that may be admitted eg. to a country or institution or as imports.

Question 28

querulous

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(adj) complaining peevishly. Querulously (adv), querulousness (n).

Question 29

quibble

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(n) a petty objection. (v) to make petty objections.

Question 30

quiescent

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(adj) inactive, quiet. Quiescence (n).

Question 31

quill

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(n)1. One of the large feathers on a bird's wing or tail. 2. An old type of pen made from this. 3. One of a porcupine's spines. 4. The hollow stem of a feather, a plectrum or other device made of this.