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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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