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Question 1

quagmire

(n.)

Answer 1

a difficult situation

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

Question 2

quaint

(adj.)

Answer 2

charmingly old-fashioned

(Hilda was delighted by the quaint bonnets she saw in Amish country.)

Question 3

quandary

(n.)

Answer 3

a perplexed, unresolvable state

(Carlos found himself in a quandary: should he choose mint chocolate chip or cookie dough?)

Question 4

quell

(v.)

Answer 4

to control or diffuse a potentially explosive situation

(The skilled leader deftly quelled the rebellion.)

Question 5

querulous

(adj.)

Answer 5

whiny, complaining

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

Question 6

quixotic

(adj.)

Answer 6

idealistic, impractical

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

Question 7

quotidian

(adj.)

Answer 7

daily

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