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| douse or extinguish; assuage or satisfy. No matter how much water the hiker drank, she could not quench her thirst. |
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| fretful; whining. Even the most agreeable toddlers can begin to act querulous if they miss their nap |
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inquiry; question
in her column "Ask Beth," the columnist invites young readers to send her their queries about life and love. |
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Minor objection or complaint
Aside from a few hundred teensy-weensy quibbles about the set, the script, the actors, the director, the costumes, the lighting, and the props, they hypercritical critic loved the play. |
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at rest dormant; temporarily inactive.
After the massive eruption, fear of Mount Etna was great; people did not return to cultivate the rich hillside lands until the volcano had been quiescent for a full two years |
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tranquility
He was impressed by the air of quietude and peace that pervaded the valley |
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| purest and highest embodiment |
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taunt
you are unpopular because you are too free with your quips and sarcastic comments |
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startling twist; caprice
By a quirk of fate, he found himself working for the men whim he had discharged years before. |
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case for arrows
Robin Hood reached back and plucked one last arrow from his quiver |
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idealistic but impractical
constantly coming up with quixotic, unworkable schemes to save the world, Simon has his heart in the right place, but his head somewhere in the clouds. |
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teasing; bantering; mocking; curious
when the skinny teenager tripped over his own feet stepping into the bullpen, Coach raised one quizzical eyebrow |
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| number of members necessary to conduct a meeting |
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like a fanatic; furious
he was a rabid follower of the Dodgers and watched them play whenever he could go to the ballpark. |
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scold; rant
you may rail at him all you want; you will never change him. |
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wander aimlessly
listening to the teacher ramble, Judy wondered where he'd ever get to his point |
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branching out; subdivision
we must examine all the ramifications of this problem |
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divide into branches or subdivisions
when the plant begins to ramify, it is advisable to nip off most of the new branches |
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growing in profusion; unrestrained
the rampant weeds in the garden choked the flowers until they died. |
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having odor of stake fat
the rancid odor filling the ship's galley nauseated the crew |
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bitterness; hatred
thirty years after the war, she could not let go of the past but was still consumed with rancor against the foe. |
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irritate; fester
the memory of having been jilted rankled him for years |
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| excessively greedy; predatory. The rapacious brigands stripped the villagers of all their possessions |
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emotional closeness; harmony
in team teaching, it is important that all teachers in the group have good rapport with one another |
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made less dense
the mountain climbers had difficulty breathing in the rarefied atmosphere |
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approve formally; confirm; verify
party leaders doubted that they had enough votes in both houses of Congress to ratify the constitutional amendment. |
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