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Quota

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A certain number that needs to be reached

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Question

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a sentence worded so as to elicit information about what something is or what to do.

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Quotation marks

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To highlight a word being discussed or to indicate it’s being used in a non-standard way.

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Quotidian

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of or occurring every day; daily.

ordinary or everyday, especially when mundane.

denoting the malignant form of malaria.

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Quintessentially

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used to emphasize the most perfect or typical example of a quality or class.

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Quasi-

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seemingly; apparently but not really.

being partly or almost.

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Quandary

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a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation

a difficult situation; a practical dilemma.

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Queue

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a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.

a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion

take one’s place in a queue.

be extremely keen to do or have something.

arrange in a queue.

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Quorum

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the minimum number of people who must be present at a meeting in order to conduct business

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Quip

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a witty remark.

make a witty remark.

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Quarrel

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a heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms.

a reason for disagreement with a person, group, or principle.

have a heated argument or disagreement

take exception to or disagree with (something).

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Quarrel (2)

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a small, diamond-shaped pane of glass as used in lattice windows.

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