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quackery |
n. Charlatanry |
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quadrate |
v. To divide into quarters. |
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quadruple |
v. To multiply by four. |
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qualification |
n. A requisite for an employment, position, right, or privilege. |
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qualify |
v. To endow or furnish with requisite ability, character, knowledge, skill, or possessions. |
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qualm |
n. A fit of nausea. |
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quandary |
n. A puzzling predicament. |
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quantity |
n. Magnitude. |
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quarantine |
n. The enforced isolation of any person or place infected with contagious disease. |
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quarrelsome |
adj. Irascible. |
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quarter |
n. One of four equal parts into which anything is or may be divided. |
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quarterly |
adj. Occurring or made at intervals of three months. |
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quartet |
n. A composition for four voices or four instruments. |
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quarto |
n. An eight-page newspaper of any size. |
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quay |
n. A wharf or artificial landing-place on the shore of a harbor or projecting into it. |
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querulous |
adj. Habitually complaining. |
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query |
v. To make inquiry. |
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queue |
n. A file of persons waiting in order of their arrival, as for admittance. |
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quibble |
n. An utterly trivial distinction or objection. |
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quiescence |
n. Quiet. |
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quiescent |
adj. Being in a state of repose or inaction. |
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quiet |
adj. Making no noise. |
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quietus |
n. A silencing, suppressing, or ending. |
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quintessence |
n. The most essential part of anything. |
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quintet |
n. Musical composition arranged for five voices or instruments. |
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quite |
adv. Fully. |
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Quixotic |
adj. Chivalrous or romantic to a ridiculous or extravagant degree. |
