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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
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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.

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

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

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

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

Quarry

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

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

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
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squash also means the same - compress/suppress.

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

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

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

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

quay

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

Definition
(noun) wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
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quay - sounds like bay (area near the sea) - where boats reach.

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

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

sounds like squeezy.that means u feel suffocated.

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

Standing for long in a QUEUE EASYly makes me uneasy.

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

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..

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

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

queer is similar to weird which also means STRANGE.

To stand in a QUEUE for bEER is utterly strange.

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

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

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

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.

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

quell rhymes with HELL were your pleasures will be SUPPRESSED

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

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

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

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

Quell means Do well.

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

He quelled his life by a duel.

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
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rhymes with drench (which also means the same).

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

its satisfying that the QUE moved few iNCH

lunch satisfy and suppress your hunger.

querulous

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

Definition
(adj) habitually complaining
Synonyms : fretful whiney whiny
Example Sentence
  • a whiny child
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One who keeps questioning (querying) everything.

QUERULOUS=QUARREL-ous

querulous : quarrelsome louse.

Relate to GARRULOUS

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

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

QUERULOUS just sounds like CURIOUS, who questions all the time

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

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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