One Word Substitutions Starting with Q

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Qa – Qu (Common & Basic)

Quadrangle – Four-sided figure

Quadrant – One-fourth of a circle

Quadruped – Animal with four feet

Quadruplet – One of four children born at the same time

Quadruple – Four times as much

Qualification – Condition or skill needed

Qualm – Feeling of doubt or uneasiness

Quandary – State of confusion/dilemma

Quantity – Amount of something

Quarantine – Isolation to prevent spread of disease

Quarry – Place from which stone is taken

Quarterly – Happening every three months

Quartermaster – Officer in charge of supplies

Quartet – Group of four singers/players

Quash – To cancel or reject officially

Queer – Strange, odd

Quell – To suppress, put down

Query – Question or doubt

Quest – Long search for something

Questionnaire – Set of questions

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Qu (Medium Level)

Queue – Line of people waiting

Quibble – Minor objection

Quicklime – Calcium oxide

Quicksand – Loose wet sand where things sink

Quicksilver – Mercury (metal)

Quiescent – At rest, inactive

Quietus – Death, something that settles a matter

Quintessential – Perfect example of a quality

Quintet – Group of five singers/players

Quip – Witty remark

Quirk – Peculiar habit/behavior

Quitclaim – Legal release of claim

Quiver – Case for holding arrows

Quixotic – Idealistic but impractical

Quota – Fixed share or part

Quotation – Exact words cited

Quotidian – Daily, commonplace

Quota System – Reservation system/fixed share policy

Quorum – Minimum members needed for a meeting

Quota Carrier – Person transporting goods for share

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Qu (Advanced Vocabulary)

Quadrivial – Consisting of four ways or roads

Quadrivium – Medieval education of four subjects (arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy)

Quaestor – Roman official in charge of finance

Quagmire – Difficult situation/swampy ground

Quaint – Old-fashioned but charming

Qualificationism – Excessive emphasis on qualifications

Qualitative – Relating to quality

Quantitative – Relating to quantity

Quantum – Smallest possible unit of energy

Quarantine Station – Place where people are isolated

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Qu (Legal / Scientific / Rare)

Quashable – Liable to be annulled

Quaternary – Fourth in order

Quarto – Book made by folding sheets into four leaves

Quasar – Extremely bright distant celestial object

Quasi – Seemingly but not really

Quaternary Period – Latest geological time period

Quaver – Tremble in voice or sound

Queasy – Feeling sick/nauseated

Queen Consort – Wife of a king

Queen Regnant – A ruling queen in her own right

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Qu (Idiomatic / Higher Vocabulary)

Querist – One who asks questions

Queryable – Capable of being questioned

Querulous – Habitually complaining

Questionable – Doubtful, suspicious

Quiddity – Essence of a thing

Quiescence – Stillness, inactivity

Quinquennial – Happening once in five years

Quinquagenarian – Person between 50–59 years of age

Quintuple – Five times as much

Quintillion – Number equal to 10^18

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Rare & Tough (Good for UPSC / SSC CGL)

Quipster – Person who makes witty remarks

Quisling – Traitor who collaborates with enemy

Quittor – Discharge of pus from a wound

Quodlibet – Academic debate on trivial topics

Quoin – External angle of a wall

Quotum – A share/portion

Quota Share – Division of responsibilities

Quotability – Quality of being quoted

Quixotism – Idealistic behavior without practicality

Quod Erat Demonstrandum (Q.E.D.) – “Which was to be proved” (end of proof in mathematics)

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Final 20 (Mix of General + Advanced)

Quasi-Judicial – Resembling judicial authority

Quasi-Government – Semi-government organization

Quasi-Contract – Contract implied by law

Quasi-Criminal – Offence partly criminal in nature

Quaternions – Mathematical extension of complex numbers

Quatrain – Stanza of four lines

Quench – To satisfy thirst/extinguish fire

Questor – Official seeking something

Quibblement – Argument over trivial matter

Quickstep – Fast dance or march

Quid Pro Quo – Favour for a favour (something for something)

Quicksilver Mind – Lively, changeable intelligence

Quincunx – Pattern of five objects (like on dice 5)

Quintessence – Purest form of something

Quizzical – Expressing mild amusement

Quorum Sensing – Bacterial communication mechanism

Quota Rent – Economic rent due to quota

Quotidian Malaria – Malaria occurring daily

Quotee – Person being quoted

Quoter – One who quotes

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