to doubt some-thing; to express one’s doubts or concerns about something.. a device used to hit a ball or some-thing similar back and forth, usu-ally over a net.. to move some-thing qu
Trang 1putty ["p^t i] n a soft, oily
sub-stance used to seal pipe
connec-tions, to seal the edges of glass in
window frames, and to fill uneven
surfaces (No plural form.)
→ be putty in someone’shands
puzzle ["p^z @l] 1 n something
that confuses people; a problem
that is confusing or difficult to
solve 2 n something similar to
Q that people try to understand
or solve for entertainment 3 tv to
confuse someone
puzzle something out to figure
something out
pyramid ["pIr @ mId] 1 n a
four-sided structure with sides that are shaped like triangles and meet at one point on top 2 n one of a group of large Egyptian tombs— shaped like Q—in which Egypt-ian kings and queens were once buried
python ["paI T@n] n a large snake
found in tropical areas of Asia, southeast India, Africa, and Australia that uses its powerful muscles to constrict and kill its prey
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characteristic noise of a duck 2 n.
the noise that a duck makes 3 n.
someone who claims to be a
doc-tor but who is not trained to be a
doctor
quaint ["kwent] adj strange in an
interesting or funny way;
charm-ing in an old-fashioned way (Adv:
quaintly Comp: quainter; sup:
quaintest.)
quake ["kwek] 1 n a shaking of
the earth; an earthquake (Short
for earthquake.) 2 iv to shake; to
tremble
quake in one’s boots Go to shake
in one’sboots.
qualify ["kwal @ faI] 1 tv to limit
something; to restrict something;
to narrow the meaning of
some-thing 2 iv to meet the
require-ments for something
quality ["kwal I ti] 1 n a
charac-teristic property of someone or
something 2 n a degree or level
of excellence (No plural.) 3 adj.
of W that is good
quantity ["kwan t@ ti] n an
amount; a certain number of
something that can be counted or
measured
→ known quantity
quarantine ["kwar @n tin] 1 tv to
isolate a living thing that has a
dis-ease or has been around another
creature with a disease 2 n a
period of isolation of living things
that have an illness or have been
exposed to an illness (Plural only
for types and instances.)
quarrel ["kwar @l] 1 n an angry
argument; an angry disagreement
2 iv to argue with someone
angrily; for two or more people to argue angrily
quarrel (with someone) (about someone or something) to have an
argument with someone about the subject of someone or something
quarrel (with someone) (over someone or something) to have an
argument with someone about who is going to have someone or something
quarry ["kwar i] 1 n a place where
marble, granite, and other kinds
of stone are removed from the earth 2 n the object of a hunt or
search 3 tv to remove stone
from Q
quart ["kwort] n a unit of measure
of liquids, equal to one-fourth gallon, 32 ounces, or about 0.95 liter
quarter ["kwor t#] 1 n one-fourth
of something; one of four equal
parts; one of four parts 2 n a
coin equal to 25 cents or
one-fourth of a dollar 3 n fifteen
minutes; one-fourth of an hour
(Limited to quarter to, quarter till, quarter of, quarter after, and quar-ter past No plural.) 4 n three months; one-fourth of a year 5 n.
one of the four periods in profes-sional football, basketball, and other games 6 n a neighbor-hood; a section of a town; a
dis-trict 7 n a period equal to
one-third of the school or
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thing into four parts; to cut
some-thing into four parts; to split
something into four parts 9 tv to
give someone, especially soldiers, a
place to stay or live
quarters n the place where
some-one lives (Treated as plural.)
queasy ["kwiz i] adj feeling sick,
nauseated, or uneasy (Adv:
queasily Comp: queasier; sup:
queasiest.)
queen ["kwin] 1 n the female
ruler of a country or the wife of a
king 2 n the sole egg-laying
female in a colony or hive of
cer-tain species of insects, such as
bees, termites, or ants 3 n a
play-ing card that has a picture of Q on
it 4 n a chess piece that can move
any number of spaces in a straight
line in any direction
queer ["kwIr] adj odd; strange;
unusual; weird (Adv: queerly.
Comp: queerer; sup: queerest.)
quell ["kwEl] tv to calm or put an
end to chaos, confusion, or some
other problem
quench ["kwEntS] 1 tv to put out a
fire by using water 2 tv to ease or
eliminate one’s thirst by drinking
something
quest ["kwEst] n a search for
someone or something
question ["kwEs tS@n] 1 n an
inquiry; a speech utterance used
to make an inquiry 2 n a doubt;
a concern; something that one is
not sure about (No plural.) 3 n a
matter to be considered; a problem
for solving 4 tv to ask Q of
someone 5 tv to doubt
some-thing; to express one’s doubts or concerns about something
→ beg the question
→ field questions
→ leading question
→ out of the question
→ pop the question
→ pose a question
question mark ["kwEs tS@n mark]
n a punctuation mark (?) that is
written at the end of a question
questionable ["kwEs tS@ n@ b@l]
1 adj in doubt; inviting questions
or scrutiny (Adv: questionably.)
2 adj possibly not honest or true.
(Adv: questionably.)
questionnaire [kwEs tS@ "nEr] n a
printed set of questions
quick ["kwIk] 1 adj fast; rapid;
swift (Adv: quickly Comp:
quicker; sup: quickest.) 2 adj
last-ing only for a short period of time; beginning and ending in a short
period of time (Adv: quickly Comp: quicker; sup: quickest.)
3 adj able to understand or learn
things in a short amount of time
(Adv: quickly Comp: quicker; sup: quickest.) 4 n the flesh under
one’s fingernails or toenails (No
plural.) 5 adv very rapidly; with
great speed (Colloquial Comp:
quicker; sup: quickest.)
→ (as) quick as a wink
→ cut someoneto the quick
quick on the draw Go to quick on the trigger.
quick on the trigger and quick
on the draw 1 quick to draw a gun and shoot 2 quick to
respond to anything
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faster; to move more quickly; to
do something more quickly; to
increase the speed of something
2 tv to cause something to
become faster; to cause something
to occur more quickly
quickness ["kwIk n@s] n the
qual-ity of being quick (No plural.)
quicksand ["kwIk sAnd] n wet
sand, often under water, into
which living creatures can sink
(No plural.)
quiet ["kwaI It] 1 adj not loud;
making only a small amount of
sound (Adv: quietly Comp:
qui-eter; sup: quietest.) 2 adj [of a
person] shy and not talkative
(Adv: quietly Comp: quieter; sup:
quietest.) 3 adj not active; not
moving; calm; still (Adv: quietly.
Comp: quieter; sup: quietest.)
4 adj peaceful; restful (Adv:
qui-etly Comp: quieter; sup: quietest.)
5 tv to cause someone or
some-thing to become Q 6 n silence.
(No plural.)
→ (as) quiet as a mouse
→ so quiet you could hear a pin
drop
quiet down to become quiet; to
become less noisy
quiet someone or something down
to make someone or some creature
quieter
quilt ["kwIlt] 1 n a bed covering
made from a soft pad between two
layers of decorative cloth, stitched
together 2 iv to work at making
Q
quip ["kwIp] n a clever, witty, or
sarcastic remark
quirk ["kw#k] n a strange habit; a
strange characteristic
quit ["kwIt] 1 tv., irreg to stop
doing something (Past tense and
past participle: quit.) 2 tv., irreg.
to leave a job; to resign from a
job 3 iv., irreg [for someone or
something] to cease [doing some-thing]
→ call it quits
quit on someone 1 [for
some-thing] to quit while someone is
using it 2 [for one] to leave one’s
job, usually suddenly or unan-nounced
quite ["kwaIt] adv very; rather;
completely
quiz ["kwIz] 1 n a small test; an
informal test (Plural: quizzes.)
2 tv to test someone on or about
something; to ask someone ques-tions about someone or some-thing
quota ["kwot @] n a required
amount of something; a required number of things or people
quotation [kwo "te S@n] n a
state-ment that was said or written, used again by someone else; a statement that is quoted from someone or from someone’s writing
quotation marks [kwo "te S@n
marks] n the marks (“ ”) and (‘ ’),
called double quotation marks and single quotation marks,
respec-tively, used to enclose actual speech in writing or printing
quote ["kwot] 1 tv to use a
quota-tion; to repeat part of something that someone else has said or
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said or wrote it 2 tv to cite
some-one or a written source as the
ori-gin of a quotation 3 n a
quotation; a statement that was
said or written by someone else
4 n an estimate of the price of
something
quote a price to name or state
the charge for doing or supplying something
quote a price
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Jewish synagogue; a Jewish
reli-gious leader (Also a term of
address Capitalized when written
as a proper noun.)
rabbit ["rAb @t] n a small animal
with soft fur, long ears, and a
fluffy tail
race ["res] 1 n a contest that has to
do with speed; a contest that has
to do with how fast people,
ani-mals, or machines can move 2 n
a political election, and the time
during the campaign leading up to
the election 3 n the physical
dif-ferences among humans that have
to do with dividing people into
different groups, especially groups
based on the color of skin (Plural
only for types and instances.) 4 iv
to run rapidly, as if in a race; to
move or operate very fast 5 tv to
cause someone or something to
take part in Q 6 tv to cause an
engine to run very rapidly 7 tv to
compete against someone to reach
a specific goal
→ human race
→ rat race
race with someone or something to
enter a speed contest with
some-one or something
racetrack ["res trAk] n the place,
usually a large oval, where a race
takes place, and the stadium or
arena that contains it
racial ["reS @l] adj of or about race
E (Adv: racially.)
racism ["res Iz @m] n prejudice,
hatred, or violence shown against
someone of a particular race (No plural.)
racist ["res Ist] 1 n someone who
believes one race is better than
another 2 adj exhibiting racism;
showing prejudice against some-one’s race
rack ["rAk] n a frame with shelves,
rods, hooks, or pegs that is used to hang things from or put things on
→ be racked with pain
→ go to rack and ruin
rack one’s brain(s) to try very hard
to think of something
rack something up 1 to place
something onto or into its rack
2 to accumulate a number of
things, particularly a score, a win, etc
racket ["rAk @t] 1 and racquet n.
a device used to hit a ball or some-thing similar back and forth, usu-ally over a net 2 n a dishonest or illegal activity, such as fraud, done
to make money
racquet ["rAk @t] Go to racket.
radar ["re dar] n a device that uses
radio waves to detect an object, usually a car or an aircraft, and to determine that object’s location, distance, and speed (An acronym
for radio detecting and ranging No
plural.)
radiate ["re di et] tv to cause
some-thing to spread out in all direc-tions from a center point; to give off rays of something such as heat
or light
radiate from something 1 [for
rays] to come from something
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cen-tral point
radiation [re di "e S@n] 1 n the
release of heat, light, or other
energy (No plural.) 2 n
radioac-tive particles and energy used in
medical treatment (No plural.)
radical ["rAd I k@l] 1 adj complete
and thorough; extreme (Adv:
rad-ically [ Ik li].) 2 adj [of
some-one] favoring extreme change
(Adv: radically [ Ik li].) 3 n.
someone who favors complete
change; someone who favors
extreme change
radii ["re di aI] a plural ofradius
radio ["re di o] 1 n the sending and
receiving of sound through the air
by using electromagnetic waves
(No plural.) 2 n a device that is
used to receive electromagnetic
waves and turn them into sound
(Plural ends in -s.) 3 the adj use
of Q or W 4 tv to send a
sage by Q 5 tv to send [a
mes-sage] to someone using W 6 iv to
use W to send a message
radioactive [re di o "Ak tIv] adj of
or about an element, or its
com-pounds, that releases energy as the
result of naturally occurring
changes in the nuclear structure of
the atoms of the element (Adv:
radioactively.)
radius ["re di @s] 1 n., irreg the
distance from the center of a circle
to any point on the circle (Plural:
radiior radiuses.) 2 n., irreg a line
that goes from the center of a
cir-cle to any point on the circir-cle
raffle ["rAf @l] n a way of raising
money where people buy tickets to
win items or prizes that have been donated (The winning ticket is chosen at random.)
raffle something off to make an
item available in a raffle
raft ["rAft] 1 n boards or logs that
are tied together so they will float
on water; a rubber boat that is filled with air and floats on water
2 iv to travel across water on Q rafter ["rAf t#] n one of a series of
parallel boards or beams that sup-port a roof
rag ["rAg] n a piece of cloth,
espe-cially one that has no value or is used for cleaning
→ from rags to riches
→ in rags
rage ["redZ] 1 n extreme, violent anger 2 iv to show extreme,
vio-lent anger toward something
rage through something 1 [for a
fire] to burn rapidly through an
area or a building 2 [for
some-one] to move rapidly through some sequence or process, as if in
a rage
ragged ["rAg @d] adj torn; [of
cloth] torn or damaged (Adv:
raggedly.)
→ run someoneragged
raid ["red] 1 n a surprise attack,
especially by police or soldiers
2 tv to enter someone’s property
or space and attack quickly, sud-denly, and by surprise
rail ["rel] 1 n a thick strip of wood
or metal, usually used to support
or guide someone or something
2 n one of a pair of metal strips
on which a train travels radiation
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to complain loudly or violently to
someone about something
railing ["rel IN] n a thick strip, rail,
or tube of wood or metal that
peo-ple can hold on to for support,
usually found on a staircase
railroad ["rel rod] 1 n two parallel
metal rails on which a train
trav-els 2 n a network or system of
train tracks, train stations, and
trains 3 n a business that
oper-ates trains 4 tv to move
some-thing quickly and forcefully; to
force someone to do something
quickly 5 the adj use of Q, W,
or E
railroad someone into something
to force someone into doing
some-thing in great haste
railroad something through
(something) to force something
through some organization or
leg-islative body without due
consid-eration
railway ["rel we] 1 n a railroad; a
railroad of a short length 2 the
adj use of Q.
rain ["ren] 1 n water that falls
down from the sky in drops (No
plural.) 2 n an instance or period
of Q (The plural usually indicates
a season ofrainthat occurs
annu-ally.) 3 iv [for drops of water] to
fall from the sky (The subject
must be it.) 4 tv to cause
some-thing to fall from the sky like Q
→ pouring rain
rain cats and dogs to rain very
hard
rain down on someone or
some-thing to fall or drop down on someone or something like rain
rain in on someone or something
[for rain] to enter a window or other opening and get someone or something wet
rain or shine whether it rains or
the sun shines; no matter what
rain something down (on someone
or something) to pour something,
such as criticism or praise, onto someone or something
rain something out [for rain] to
force the cancellation of an out-door event
rainbow ["ren bo] 1 n an arch of
different colors of light that appears in the sky, caused by rays
of sunlight passing through rain
or mist 2 adj consisting of the colors of the rainbow; from the group of colors of the rainbow
raincoat ["ren kot] n a waterproof
coat that people wear when it rains
to keep their clothes dry
raindrop ["ren drap] n one drop of
rain
rainfall ["ren fOl] 1 n the drops of
rain that fall when it rains; a period of falling rain (No plural.)
2 n the amount of rain that falls
in a certain place over a certain length of time (No plural.)
rainstorm ["ren storm] n a storm
that has a large amount of rain
rainy ["re ni] adj having a lot of
rain (Adv: rainily Comp: rainier; sup: rainiest.)
→ save somethingfor a rainy day
raise ["rez] 1 tv to lift someone or
something up; to move someone
raise
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move someone or something
upward; to cause someone or
something to rise (Compare this
with rise.) 2 tv to increase the
amount of something; to increase
the degree of something; to
increase the force of something
3 tv to cause plants to grow; to
breed animals 4 tv to bring up a
child; to rear a child 5 tv to
col-lect or gather a certain amount of
money 6 tv to bring up a subject
or issue; to mention something; to
address a subject or an issue; to
begin talking about something
7 n an increase in one’s salary; an
increase in the amount of money
one earns at a job
→ cause (some) eyebrows to raise
raise one’s sights to set higher
goals for oneself
raise some eyebrows to shock or
surprise people mildly (by doing
or saying something)
raise someone or something up to
lift someone or something up
raise up to lift oneself up; to get up
or begin to get up
raisin ["re zIn] n a dried grape,
eaten as food
rake ["rek] 1 n a tool that has a
long handle that is attached to a
row of curved metal or plastic
“fingers,” used to collect fallen
leaves, loose grass, etc 2 tv to
collect something, especially
leaves, hay, grass, or other objects
on the ground, using Q or
some-thing similar 3 tv to smooth or
clean something by using Q 4 iv.
to use Q; to scrape with Q
rake someone over the coals and haul someone over the coals to
give someone a severe scolding
rake something off ((of ) some-thing) to remove something from
something by raking
rake something out to clean
some-thing by raking
rake something out (of something)
to clean something out of some-thing by raking
rake something up 1 to gather and
clean up something with a rake
2 to clean something up by rak-ing 3 to uncover something
unpleasant and remind people about it
rally ["rAl i] 1 tv to bring people
together for a certain reason or
cause 2 n a large meeting,
espe-cially a large political meeting, held for a special reason
rally (a)round someone or
some-thing to come together to support someone or something
ram ["rAm] 1 n a male sheep 2 n.
a heavy pole or beam, the end of which is thrust against something
3 tv to hit someone or something;
to crash into someone or some-thing
ram something through (some-thing) 1 to force something through something 2 to force
something through a process of study and decision, usually not allowing due consideration
ram through something to crash or
pound through something
ramble on to go on and on
aim-lessly; to wander about aimlessly raise one’s sights
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road, a speaker, a speech, etc.)
ramble on (about someone or
something) [for someone] to talk
endlessly and aimlessly about
someone or something
rampage ["rAm pedZ] n a period
of wild, angry, or violent behavior
→ go on a rampage
rampant ["rAm p@nt] adj growing,
moving, or spreading out of
con-trol (Adv: rampantly.)
→ run rampant
ran ["rAn] past tense ofrun
ranch ["rAntS] n a very large farm
where cattle or other animals are
raised
rancher ["rAntS #] n someone who
works on a ranch; someone who
owns a ranch
random ["rAn d@m] adj selected by
chance (Adv: randomly.)
→ at random
rang ["rAN] past tense ofring
range ["rendZ] 1 n the area
between two extremes; the
choices, possibilities, or selections
available 2 n the distance that
something can operate or be used
in, especially the distance that
someone can see or hear, that a
weapon can fire, or that
some-thing can travel without needing
more fuel (No plural.) 3 n a field
where cattle or other animals can
walk about and look for food (No
plural.) 4 n a stove with one or
more ovens attached 5 iv to vary
between two limits or extremes; to
be located between an upper limit
and a lower limit
→ mountain range
range from something to
some-thing to vary from one some-thing to another
rank ["rANk] 1 n one level in a
series of levels; one level on a scale
of authority, value, or importance
2 iv to occupy a certain position
on a scale of authority, value, or importance; to be on a list in a certain position 3 tv to place someone or something on a list in
its proper order or place 4 adj.
smelling or tasting very bad or
unpleasant (Adv: rankly.) 5 adj.
[of vegetation] growing thickly or coarsely
→ close ranks
rant (at someone) about someone
or something to talk in a loud, vio-lent way, about someone or some-thing
rap ["rAp] 1 n a style of music
where the words of the song are spoken in a strong rhythm instead
of being sung (No plural.) 2 n the sound made by a quick, strong knock or hit
rap at something to hit or knock on
something quickly
rap on something [for someone] to
hit something quickly and sharply, making a knocking sound
rap something out (on something)
to tap out the rhythm of some-thing on somesome-thing
rap with someone to talk; to chat.
rape ["rep] 1 n the act and crime
of forcing someone to have sex
2 tv to force someone to have sex rapid ["rAp Id] adj quick; swift;
moving fast; done quickly;
hap-pening quickly (Adv: rapidly.)
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