Memorize a few of these and you’re sure to seem quick-witted.

Impress your friends by using some of these quaint Q-words in your everyday vocabulary trust me, it works!

)havinganold-fashionedattractivenessorcharm;oddlypicturesque

Qualitative

(adj.

Words That Start With The Letter Q

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)a Southwest English dialect for unwell

Queazy

(adj.

)pertaining to or marking a period of 500 years

Quinquagenarian

(adj.

Qi (n.) in traditional Chinese philosophy, a vital life force that flows through the body

Quagmire (n.) a situation from which extrication is very difficult

Quaver (v.) to shake tremendously; quiver or tremble

Quibble (n.) an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point or issue

Quincunx (n.) an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle