Monday, April 17, 2017

Make sentences with:

Exercise A: 

Quagmire: area of soft wet ground. Also used for a difficult or dangerous situation. Synonyms: bog, morass

Quaint: attractive in an unusual or old-fashioned way.

Quandary: the state of not being able to decide what to do in a difficult situation.
Synonym: dilemma

Simran was in a quandary-should she write or not?

Quantum: a very small quantity of electromagnetic energy.

Quantum leap: a sudden, great and important change, improvement or development.

Quarry: a place where large amounts of stone etcetra are dug out of the ground.

2. an animal or a person that is being hunted or followed. Synonymonym: prey.

The shutterbugs pursued their quandary through the streets of Mumbai.

Queasy: feeling sick synonym. Nauseous

Queer:L strange or unusual. Synonym. Odd

Quell: to stop something such as violent behavior or protests. Synonym. Calm

This agreement will quell th union’s protests.

Quench: to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty. Synonym. Slake. Synonym. Extinguish.

Firemen tried to quench the flames raging in the building.

Querulous: complaining synonym. Peevish

Quibble: to argue or complain about a small matter or an unimportant detail.

It is not worth quibbling over excess of groceries.

Quid pro quo: a thing that is given in return of sth else.

Quintessence: a perfect example of something.

Quip: a quick and clever remark.

Quirk: an aspect of somebody’s personality or behavior that is a little strange.

Synonym. Peculiarity

2. a strange thing that happens , especially by accident.

By a strange quirk of fate they met again in another part of the world.

Quixotic: having or involving ideas or plans that show imagination but are usually not practical.

Quizzical: showing that you are slightly surprised or amused.

Quotidian : ordinary

The quotidian surface of life hides many wonders.

Precedent: an official action or decision that has happened in the past and that is seen as an example or a rule to be followed in a similar situation later.

Widget: a small device that you do not know trhe name of.

Turnstile: a gate at the entrance to a public building that turns in a circle when pushed, allowing one person to go through at a time.

Hoopla: excitement about something which gets a lot of public attention.

Filibuster: a long speech in parliament in order to delay a vote.

Bellwether: something that is used as a sign of what will happen in the future.

University campuses are considered to be bellwether of socio-economic change.

Canard: a false report or a piece of news.

Turgid: boring, complicated and difficult to understand.

2. swollen; containing more water than usual.

Credible: that can be believed or trusted.

Elocution: the ability to speak clearly and correctly, especially in public and pronouncing the words in a way that is considered to be socially acceptable.

Eloquent: able to use language and express your opinions well, especially when you are speaking in public.

She spoke eloquently on the global issue.

Aver: to state firmly and strongly that something is true.Synonym. Assert; declare

She averred that she had never seen the secret door before.

Alma mater:the school, college or university somebody went to.

Surly: bad-tempered and rude.

Surmise: to guess something using evidence.

Surreal: very strange; more like a dream than reality; with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way.

Swatch: a small piece of cloth

Swathe: a long strip of land, especially one on which the plants or crops have been cut.




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