Q - R - S Flashcards
(78 cards)
Quagmire
marsh, swamp, lagoon
1 an area of soft wet muddy ground
In the rainy season the roads become a quagmire.
2 a difficult or complicated situation
The Balkan situation became a political and military quagmire.
quail
to be afraid and show it by shaking a little bit or moving back slightly
از ترس ب خودت لرزیدن
She quailed visibly at the sight of the prison walls.
qualified
limited
qualified approval/support
The proposal received qualified approval.
The program was considered a qualified success.
Is it worth the money? The answer is a qualified yes.
qualm
a feeling of slight worry or doubt because you are not sure that what you are doing is right
Despite my qualms, I took the job.
The manager has no qualms about dropping players who do not perform well.
query
a question that you ask to get information, or to check that something is true or correct پرسش
query about
Give us a ring if you have any queries about the contract.
Staff are always available to answer your queries.
quibble
to argue about small unimportant details
quibble about/over
Let’s not quibble over minor details.
quiescent
temporarily quiet and not active:
The political situation was now relatively quiescent. Like dormant
quorum
حد نصاب
We need a quorum of seven.
rail
to complain angrily about something, especially something that you think is very unfair
rail against/at
Consumers rail against the way companies fix prices.
raiment
clothing
• His hair was spread behind him like a black raiment
ramification
implication(پیامد)
an additional result of something you do, which may not have been clear when you first decided to do it.
an agreement which was to have significant ramifications for British politics
ramification of
the practical ramifications of taking on a new job
legal/political/economic etc ramifications
the environmental ramifications of the road-building program
rarefied
1 not ordinary, esp. because of being related to wealth, high social position, art, or literature:
You get a very rarefied view of things living on a college campus.
2 rarefied air is the air in high places, which has less oxygen than usual.
rationale
fundamental reason
The rationale behind the changes is not at all evident.
The rationale for using this teaching method is to encourage student confidence.
rebu
puzzle in which pictures or symbols represent words
recalcitrant
unruly
a recalcitrant pupil
recant
retract a statement of opinion
to say publicly that you no longer have a political or religious belief that you had before
McNamara did not recant at the meeting nor did he apologize.
Like retract. Renounce. Forswear
recluse
person who lives in seclusion and often in solitude and does not like seeing or talking to other people.
He is a millionaire recluse who refuses to give interviews.
redoubtable
very strong, especially in character; producing respect and a little fear in others: like formidable
Tonight he faces the most redoubtable opponent of his boxing career.
regale
to entertain someone with stories or jokes:
Grandpa regaled us with tales of his small-town childhood.
renege
دبه کردن - زیرش زدن
If you renege on the deal now, I’ll fight you in the courts.
reparation
جبران خسارت like compensation
make reparation (to somebody) for something
Offenders must make reparation for their crimes through community service.
repine
to feel sad or complain about something, especially a bad situation:
She was alone and unloved, but she did not repine.
reprise
when all or part of something, especially a piece of music, is repeated
I was to play the doctor, reprising a role I’d done years earlier.
Reprisal: revenge
reproach
to criticize someone, especially for not being successful or not doing what is expected:
His mother reproached him for not eating all his dinner.
You have nothing to reproach yourself for/with.
