Sr No. | Word | hindi | Meaning | Example |
2800 | quack | नीमहकीम | charlatan; impostor | Do not be misled by the exorbitant claims of this quack; he cannot cure you. |
2801 | quadruped | चौपाया | four-footed animal | Most mammals are quadrupeds. |
2802 | quaff | खलाना | drink with relish | As we quaffed our ale, we listened to the gay songs of the students in the tavern.
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2803 | quagmire | दलदल | soft, wet, boggy land; complex or dangerous situation from which it is difficult to free oneself | Up to her knees in mud, Myra wondered how on earth she was going to extricate herself from this quagmire. |
2804 | quail | बटेर | cower; lose heart | He was afraid that he would quail in the face of danger. |
2805 | quaint | विचित्र | odd; old-fashioned; picturesque | Her quaint clothes and old-fashioned language marked her as an eccentric. |
2806 | qualified | योग्य | limited; restricted | Unable to give the candidate full support, the mayor gave him only a qualified endorsement. |
2807 | qualms | हिचक | misgivings | His qualms of conscience had become so great that he decided to abandon his plans. |
2808 | quandary | आशंका | dilemma | When the two colleges to which he had applied accepted him, he was in a quandary as to which one he should attend. |
2809 | quarantine | कोरांटीन | isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection | We will have to place this house under quarantine until we determine the nature of the disease. |
2810 | quarry | शिकार | victim; object of a hunt | The police closed in on their quarry. |
2811 | quarry | शिकार | dig into | They quarried blocks of marble out of the hillside. |
2812 | quash | मिटा देना | subdue; crush; squash | The authorities acted quickly to quash the student rebellion, sending in tanks to cow the demonstrators. |
2813 | quay | घाट | dock; landing place | Because of the captain's carelessness, the ship crashed into the quay. |
2814 | queasy | नाज़ुक | easily nauseated; squeamish | As the ship left the harbor, he became queasy and thought that he was going to suffer from seasickness. |
2815 | quell | वश में करना | put down; quiet | The police used fire hoses and teat gas to quell the rioters. |
2816 | querulous | विलापी | fretful; whining | His classmates were repelled by his querulous and complaining statements. |
2817 | queue | कतार | line | They stood patiently in the queue outside the movie theatre. |
2818 | quibble | वक्रोक्ति | equivocate; play on words | Do not quibble; I want a straightforward and definite answer. |
2819 | quiescent | मौन | at rest; dormant | After this geyser erupts, it will remain quiescent for twenty-four hours. |
2820 | quietude | वैराग्य | tranquillity | He was impressed by the air of quietude and peace that pervaded the valley. |
2821 | quintessence | हीर | purest and highest embodiment | Noel Coward displayed the quintessence of wit. |
2822 | quip | ताना | taunt | You are unpopular because you are too free with your quips and sarcastic comments. |
2823 | quirk | मोड़ | startling twise; caprice | By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the man whom he had discharged years before. |
2824 | quisling | ग़द्दार | traitor who aids invaders | In his conquest of Europe, Hitler was aided by the quislings who betrayed their own people and served in the puppet governments established by the Nazis. |
2825 | quiver | तूणीर | case for arrows | Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his quiver. |
2826 | quixotic | विलक्षण | idealistic but impractical | His head is in the clouds; he is constantly presenting these quixotic schemes. |
2827 | quizzical | हास्योत्पादक | bantering; comical; humorously serious | Will Rogers' quizzical remarks endeared him to his audiences. |
2828 | quorum | कोरम | number of members necessary to conduct a meeting | The senator asked for a roll call to determine whether a quorum was present. |
2829 | quotidian | दैनिक | daily; commonplace; customary | To Philip, each new day of his internship was filled with excitement; he could not dismiss his rounds as merely quotidian routine. |