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quarry

Short Definition : dig into (to get stone); N: mine;

Definition
(noun) a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
Synonyms : fair game prey target
Example Sentence
  • he fell prey to muggers
  • everyone was fair game
  • the target of a manhunt
Definition
(noun) a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate
Synonyms : pit stone pit
Example Sentence
  • a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'
Definition
(noun) animal hunted or caught for food
Synonyms : prey
Definition
(verb) extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry
Example Sentence
  • quarry marble
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for quarry

quarry sounds like query we know query is to ask questions when you r in doubt or when you desire to know more, and quarry means to dig deep when you want something from earth.

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q+uarry..sounds like worry....when you worry about something, you dig deep into the matter .

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police QUERY the VICTIM... and DIG DEEP into to evidences to catch the culprit

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1. prey: squirrels hunted by snakes 2. dig: quarry rhymes with bury.. something buried is dug and excavated

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the other meaning is VICTIM, we query a quarry about the accident......

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Quarry

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QUARRY=BURRY someone n hence u have to dig: and Quarry also means victim i.e quarry=prey.

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) quarry sounds like query we know query is to ask questions when you r in doubt ie. DIGGING into the topic..

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quash

Short Definition : crush; suppress; squash; subdue; annul; Ex. quash a rebellion/the decision of the low court

Definition
(verb) put down by force or intimidation
Example Sentence
  • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
Definition
(verb) declare invalid
Example Sentence
  • The contract was annulled
  • void a plea
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for quash

squash also means the same - compress/suppress.

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quash can be framed as CRUSH to ash, so qu+(ASH)

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in the game of SQUASH my advancement to win the match was CRUSHED by the opponent

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quash:qua-sh:quite-shshshsh using force.

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in the game of SQUASH my advancement to win the match was CRUSHED by the opponent

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quay

Short Definition : dock; wharf; pier; landing place (for boats)

Definition
(noun) wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for quay

quay - sounds like bay (area near the sea) - where boats reach.

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quay can be spelled as Q+WAY=quay which means QUEUE all along the BAY to dock the boats.

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queasy

Short Definition : experiencing nausea; nauseated; easily nauseated; squeamish; Ex. feel a little queasy

Definition
(adj) causing or able to cause nausea
Example Sentence
  • a nauseating smell
  • nauseous offal
  • a sickening stench
Definition
(adj) feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit Definition
(adj) causing or fraught with or showing anxiety
Example Sentence
  • spent an anxious night waiting for the test results
  • cast anxious glances behind her
  • those nervous moments before takeoff
  • an unquiet mind
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for queasy

Prefix "ku" in Sanskrit converts a word into opposite. ku + easy = uneasy. i.e., feeling uneasy.

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sounds like squeezy.that means u feel suffocated.

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standing in a long QUEUE is not EASY and it makes us UNEASY

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queasy can be pronounced as quiz+y...if teacher takes a surprise quiz you are going to feel nauseated, uneasy, anxious

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Standing for long in a QUEUE EASYly makes me uneasy.

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sounds like squeeze...when my friend squeezed me I got a feeling of nausea because I just had food....

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qu(quite)+easy..so sth which is nt quite easy for you to gulp it down, but still if u do it..u experiance nausea..

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remember the word <<dizzy>>which comes usually with the queasy thing :)

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queer

Short Definition : strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal

Definition
(noun) offensive term for an openly homosexual man Definition
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Example Sentence
  • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
  • foil your opponent
Definition
(verb) put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position Definition
(adj) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Example Sentence
  • a curious hybrid accent
  • her speech has a funny twang
  • they have some funny ideas about war
  • had an odd name
  • the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves
  • something definitely queer about this town
  • what a rum fellow
  • singular behavior
Definition
(adj) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires
Synonyms : gay homophile
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for queer

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queer:queen-beer, a queen with a beer is strange.

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queer is similar to weird which also means STRANGE.

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To stand in a QUEUE for bEER is utterly strange.

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Queer and beer rhyme..after having a lot of beer queer person(eccentric person meaning 1) started feeling queer(faint/giddy meaning 2)

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remember queen band whose music is eccentric from all others but good...

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quell

Short Definition : suppress; put an end to; put down forcibly; extinguish; quiet; Ex. ``Army Quells Rebellion'' in newspaper; CF. kill

Definition
(verb) suppress or crush completely
Synonyms : quench squelch
Example Sentence
  • squelch any sign of dissent
  • quench a rebellion
Definition
(verb) overcome or allay
Synonyms : appease stay
Example Sentence
  • quell my hunger
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for quell

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quell sounds simlar to yell and we yell to supress someone or make him/her queite

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quell rhymes hell where ur supressed Quell= cool down the hell(fire)

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quell comes from "cwellan" which means to kill. quell also rhymes with kill, to an extent.

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QUEUE+WELL.i was forcing people to jump into a well to suppress the population

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quell rhymes with HELL were your pleasures will be SUPPRESSED

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quell taken from qualen means to vex, this word also rhyme like kill.means when u crash something you are killing something...whatever it may be...so quell means.....to supress or crash completely

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quell sounds with quail, which we have learned before, quail means fear, so quail makes you quelled.

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quell sounds with quail, which we have learned before, quail means fear, so quail makes you quelled.

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fell on one another like a well and suppress and crush below one

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Quell means Do well.

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QUELL=WELL:water extinguisher and used to put down fire

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He quelled his life by a duel.

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quench

Short Definition : assuage or satisfy (thrust); slake; douse or extinguish; put out; suppress

Definition
(verb) satisfy (thirst)
Synonyms : allay assuage slake
Example Sentence
  • The cold water quenched his thirst
Definition
(verb) put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Example Sentence
  • Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained
  • quench the flames
  • snuff out the candles
Definition
(verb) electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device Definition
(verb) suppress or crush completely
Synonyms : quell squelch
Example Sentence
  • squelch any sign of dissent
  • quench a rebellion
Definition
(verb) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance Definition
(verb) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid
Example Sentence
  • quench steel
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for quench

rhymes with drench (which also means the same).

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quench == quen(queen)+ ch(cha), so u urged your queen(gf or wife)to get you a cup of cha(tea or drinks).

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its satisfying that the QUE moved few iNCH

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lunch satisfy and suppress your hunger.

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querulous

Short Definition : given to complaining; complaining; fretful; whining

Definition
(adj) habitually complaining
Synonyms : fretful whiney whiny
Example Sentence
  • a whiny child
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for querulous

One who keeps questioning (querying) everything.

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QUERULOUS=QUARREL-ous

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querulous : quarrelsome louse.

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Relate to GARRULOUS

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querulous - querying all the rules and complaining always that is lousy

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querulous="kopam" mas=getting kopam...hehe

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QUERULOUS just sounds like CURIOUS, who questions all the time

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query

Short Definition : inquiry; question; V.

Definition
(noun) an instance of questioning
Example Sentence
  • there was a question about my training
  • we made inquiries of all those who were present
Definition
(verb) pose a question
Synonyms : question
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for query

query is to enquiry

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queue

Short Definition : line (of waiting people or vehicles)

Definition
(noun) a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
Synonyms : waiting line
Definition
(noun) (information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted Definition
(noun) a braid of hair at the back of the head Definition
(verb) form a queue, form a line, stand in line
Synonyms : line up queue up
Example Sentence
  • Customers lined up in front of the store
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for queue

Queue

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