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    quiescent

    quiescent - Dictionary definition and meaning for word quiescent

    Definition
    (adj) not active or activated
    Example Sentence
    • the quiescent level of centimeter wave-length solar radiation
    Definition
    (adj) marked by a state of tranquil repose
    Example Sentence
    • the quiescent melancholy of the town
    Definition
    (adj) being quiet or still or inactive Definition
    (adj) (pathology) causing no symptoms
    Example Sentence
    • a quiescent tumor
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for quiescent

quiescent => quies ~ quiet = motionless

quies(QUITE)+scent(in hindi shant means quite)..so someone who is quite or shant for a period of time.

quiz + cent, teacher asks students who will get cent(100) in the quiz...everyone reamains silent for sometime

quiescent=quiet+descent..........lady1:->"What a QUIEt and deSCENT son u have..."...lady2:->"please dont go on his TEMPORARY INACTIVENESS...come to our house some day and u shall realise that he is an active volcano..!!!".......:D

queue scent for buying a scent a stand in a queue and bcom quiescent

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It sounds like QUICKSAND, which looks harmless but deadly . A dormant threat .

quie(quiet)+scent=scent or scence means 'growing' as in aduloscent.so quiescent means GROWING QUITER

Diesel Accent was quiet and quiescent

quiet+sometime....quiet for sometime..dormant

qui- quality, e-scent- perfume(in hindi), so, a quality scent stands still on our clothes for hours, hence motionless..

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