| Term | Definition |
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| quash | crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul; Ex. quash a rebellion/the decision of the low court |
| squash | crush; quash; suppress |
| quay | dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats) |
| queasy | experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy |
| quell | suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill |
| quench | assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress |
| squelch | produce a splashing sound (when stepping through mud); crush; squash; CF. ÁøÈëÀ» À§¿¡¼ ¹âÀ» ¶§ |
| querulous | given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining |
| whine | complain (in a sad voice); make a high sad sound (as in pain or supplication) |
| query | inquiry; question; V. |
| queue | line (of waiting people or vehicles) |
| quibble | minor objection or complaint; V: raise minor objections; carp; cavil |
| quiescent | dormant; temporarily inactive; at rest; N. quiescence |
| quietude | tranquillity; calmness |
| quintessence | purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence |
| quip | taunt; clever sarcastic remark; V. |
| taunt | deride or provoke; challenge in derision; N. |
| quirk | sudden sharp turn or twist; startling twist; caprice; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity of behavior; Ex. by a quirk of fate |
| quisling | traitor who aids invaders; CF. Vidkun Quisling |
| quiver | case for arrows |
| quiver | tremble; shake; N. |
| leash | restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it); Ex. a dog on a leash |
| quixotic | idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote |
| quizzical | curious; suggesting puzzlement (without saying); questioning; teasing; mocking; bantering; Ex. quizzical glance |
| quorum | minimal number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
| quotidian | daily; commonplace; customary; Ex. quotidian routine |
| rabid | of or suffering rabies; like a fanatic; extremely zealous; furious; CF. rabies: hydrophobia |
| raconteur | story-teller; one who tells stories with wit and skill |
| ragamuffin | dirty child in torn clothes; person wearing tattered clothes |
| tatter | torn piece of cloth; ADJ. tattered: (of clothes) old and torn; (of a person) dressed in old torn clothes |
| rail | complain bitterly; scold; rant; Ex. the weaker railing against injustices |
| raiment | clothing; garments; Ex. I have no raiment fit to wear. |
| rakish | jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle. |
| rake | angle of a slope; V: slant from the perpendicular |
| rake | immoral or dissolute person |
| rally | come or bring together; call up or summon (forces, vital powers, etc.); revive or recuperate (after illness or difficulty); N: act of rallying; mass gathering |
| ramble | wander aimlessly (physically or mentally); digress |
| ramification | branching out; subdivision; one branch of a system; one of the results following from an action or decision; Ex. ramifications of a business/the decision |
| ramify | branch out; divide into branches or subdivisions |
| ramp | slope; inclined plane or roadway (connecting two levels) |
| rampant | growing or spreading uncontrollably; growing in profusion; unrestrained; Ex. rampant lawlessness/weed |
| rampart | defensive mound of earth |
| ramshackle | (of a building or vehicle) poorly constructed; rickety; falling apart |
| rickety | (of buildings) likely to break or fall apart; of rickets; CF. rickets; CF. vitamin D |
| ransack | search thoroughly; pillage (going through a place); Ex. Enemy soldiers ransacked the town. |
| rancid | having the odor of stale or decomposing fat; rank |
| rank | offensive in odor or flavor |
| rancor | long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex. negotiation without rancor; ADJ. rancorous |
| random | without definite purpose, plan, or aim; haphazard; Ex. random shots; Ex. chosen at random |
| lot | object used in making a determination at random; fate; piece of land |
| draw | choosing of a lot or card |
| lottery | contest in which winners are selected in a drawing of lots |
| raffle | lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car |
| rankle | irritate; fester; annoy |
| rant | speak violently or excitedly; rave; talk excitedly showing anger; scold; make a grandiloquent speech; Ex. The priest ranted about the devil. |
| rapacious | voracious; ravenous; taking everything one can; excessively grasping; plundering; subsisting on live prey; Ex. rapacious birds |
| rapport | close relationship; emotional closeness; harmony |
| rapt | engrossed; absorbed; enchanted; Ex. rapt listener |
| rarefied | made less dense (of a gas); V. rarefy: make less dense; N. rarefaction |
| rare | (of air) thin in density; rarefied; Ex. rare air of the mountains |
| raspy | making a harsh noise; grating; harsh |
| rasp | (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand. |
| ratify | approve formally; confirm; verify |
| n ratiocination | reasoning; act of drawing conclusions from premises; V. ratiocinate: reason logically |
| rationale | fundamental reason or principle (on which a system or principle is based); fundamental reason or justification; grounds for an action |
| rationalize | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
| s rational | (of a person) having reason; (of ideas) based on reason; logical |
| ration | fixed portion; V: distribute as rations |
| raucous | (of voice) harsh and unpleasant; (of people) disorderly and boisterous; Ex. raucous shouts |
| ravage | devastate; plunder; despoil; Ex. crops ravaged by storms |
| maraud | move in search of plunder; Ex. marauding army |
| rave | overwhelmingly favorable review; V: talk wildly as if mad; Ex. raving lunatic |
| ravel | fall apart into tangles; entangle; unravel or untwist |
| ravenous | extremely hungry; voracious |
| ravine | narrow valley with steep sides; gorge; CF. gully, canyon |
| raze | destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground |
| reactionary | strongly opposed to social or political change; opposing progress; politically ultraconservative; N. OP. radical |
| reinstate | restore to a previous condition or position |
| realm | kingdom; field or sphere; Ex. not within the realms of possibility |
| reaper | one who harvests grain; Ex. the Grim Reaper; V. reap: cut and gather (crop); harvest a crop |
| rebate | return of part of a payment; discount; V. |
| rebuff | reject bluntly; snub; beat back; Ex. She rebuffed his invitation; N. |
| snub | ignore or behave coldly toward; Ex. I made a suggestion but she snubbed me; N. |
| rebuke | scold harshly; criticize severely |
| rebus | representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''. |
| rebuttal | refutation; response with contrary evidence; V. rebut: refute; disprove |
| recalcitrant | disobedient or resisting authority even after being punished; obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; Ex. recalcitrant child |
| recant | disclaim or disavow; retract a previous statement; openly confess error; Ex. recant one's faith/a statement |
| recapitulate | summarize |
| recast | reconstruct (a sentence, story, statue, etc.); fashion again |
| fashion | give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay |
| receptive | quick or willing to receive (ideas, suggestions, etc.); Ex. receptive to the proposal |
| recession | withdrawal; retreat; time of low economic activity |
| recess | pause; temporary cessation; alcove; secret inner place; Ex. parliament in recess; V. CF. recessive |
| recidivism | habitual return to crime (even after being punished); N. recidivist |
| recipient | receiver |
| reciprocal | mutual; given and received in return; exchangeable; interacting; Ex. reciprocal trade agreement |
| reciprocate | do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights |
| recluse | hermit; loner; ADJ. reclusive |
| reconcile | make friendly again (after quarrel); make consistent (two ideas in opposition); correct inconsistencies; Ex. reconcile one's political principles with one's religious beliefs |
| recondite | abstruse; not easily understood; profound; secret |
| reconnaissance | survey of enemy by soldiers; reconnoitering; V. reconnoiter: make a preliminary inspection of (esp. to gather military information) |
| recount | narrate or tell (a story); count over again |
| recourse | resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to |
| resort | turn to for help; Ex. resort to violence; N. |
| makeshift | temporary expedient or substitute (in the case of urgent need); Ex. makeshift shelter |
| recreant | disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person |
| recrimination | countercharges; V. recriminate |
| rectify | set right; correct; CF. rect-: right |
| rectitude | moral correctness; moral uprightness; moral virtue; correctness of judgment |
| recumbent | reclining; lying down completely or in part |
| recline | lie down |
| recuperate | recover; return to health; regain; Ex. recuperate losses |
| recurrent | occurring again and again |
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