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Question 1

quagmire

Answer 1

(n.) a difficult situation (We’d all like to avoid the kind of military quagmire characterized by the Vietnam War.)

Question 2

quaint

Answer 2

(adj.) charmingly old-fashioned (Hilda was delighted by the quaint bonnets she saw in Amish country.)

Question 3

quandary

Answer 3

(n.) a perplexed, unresolvable state (Carlos found himself in a quandary: should he choose mint chocolate chip or cookie dough?)

Question 4

quell

Answer 4

(v.) to control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation (The skilled leader deftly quelled the rebellion.)

Question 5

querulous

Answer 5

(adj.) whiny, complaining (If deprived of his pacifier, young Brendan becomes querulous.)

Question 6

quixotic

Answer 6

(adj.) idealistic, impractical (Edward entertained a quixotic desire to fall in love at first sight in a laundromat.)

Question 7

quotidian

Answer 7

(adj.) daily (Ambika’s quotidian routines include drinking two cups of coffee in the morning.)