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Question | Answer |
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quaint | pleasing or amusing |
qualm | a feeling of uneasiness |
quandary | a puzzling situation |
quarry | being hunted |
quash | to cancel |
quasi | resembling |
quaver | to tremble |
quay | a wharf |
queasy | uneasy |
quell | to calm down |
querulous | complaining |
query | a question |
quest | a search |
queue | a line of people |
quibble | petty argument |
quiddity | essential quality |
quidnunc | a gossip |
quiescent | motionless |
quietus | finishing stroke; anything that ends an activity |
quintessence | essence of something |
quip | a witty remark |
quirk | a peculiar characteristic; a sudden twist or turn |
quiver | to tremble |
quixotic | extremely idealistic |
quizzical | questioning or puzzled |
quotidian | daily |
rabble | disorderly crowd |
rabid | intense or mad |
rack | to torture |
raconteur | storyteller |
radical | extreme; complete; violent |
rail | to complain bitterly |
raiment | clothing |
rakish | carefree |
rambunctious | hard to control |
ramification | a result or a consequence |
rampant | widespread |
rancid | a bad taste or smell; stale |
rancor | hatred |
rankle | to irritate |
rant | to speak in a loud manner |
rapacious | taking by force |
rapport | harmony |
rapt | completely absorbed in or overcome with joy |
rarefy | to make less dense; to refine |
rash | a skin irritation; reckless |
raspy | harsh; grating |
ratify | to approve of |
ratiocinate | to reason |
ration | a fixed portion |
rational | reasonable |
rationalize | to make an excuse for |
raucous | irritating or harsh sound |
ravenous | extremely hungry; greedy |
raze | to destroy |
realm | kingdom or region |
rebuff | to reject |
rebuke | to scold |
rebuttal | opposing argument |
recalcitrant | hard to manage |
recant | to withdraw a statement |
recapitulate | to summarize |
recede | to withdraw |
recess | a notch in something or a pause or rest |
recidivism | to return to criminal behavior |
reciprocal | interchangeable |
reciprocate | to give in return |
recluse | hermit |
reconcile | to bring into agreement or harmony |
recondite | hard to understand |
reconnoiter | to survey |
recount | to tell a story |
recreant | coward |
recrimination | countercharge |
rectify | to correct |
rectitude | honest |
recumbent | reclining |
recuperate | to recover |
redemption | deliverance or rescue |
redolent | having a pleasant odor |
redoubtable | formidable |
redress | to remedy |
redundant | superfluous; unnecessary; repetitive |
refractory | stubborn |
refulgent | shining; glowing |
refurbish | to make new |
refute | to prove wrong; disprove |
regal | pertaining to a ruler; splendid |
regale | to entertain |