18 words starting with Q

• qualification noun

  an exam passed or course completed that shows a skill

  You need a teaching qualification to work in this school.

  Like credential

• qualify verb

  to reach the level needed to take part in something or do a job

  Our team qualified for the national football championship after winning three games.

• qualitative adjective

  about how good something is or what it is like, rather than how much

  The students gave qualitative feedback, describing what they liked about the trip.

• quality noun

  how good or bad something is

  This shop sells tea of very high quality.

  Like standard, grade

• quantitative adjective

  about amounts or numbers that can be measured

  We collected quantitative data by counting the birds every morning.

  Like numerical, measurable

• quantity noun

  an amount or number of something

  Add a small quantity of salt to the soup.

  Like amount, number

• quantum noun

  the smallest amount of energy that can exist on its own

  Light travels in tiny packets, each one a quantum of energy.

• quarter noun

  one of four equal parts of something

  She cut the apple into quarters and shared it with her friends.

  Like fourth

• question noun

  a sentence or phrase used to ask for information

  Raise your hand if you have a question about the lesson.

  Like query, inquiry

• questionnaire noun

  a written list of questions for people to answer, used to gather information

  Each student filled in a questionnaire about how they travel to school.

  Like survey

• quick adjective

  fast; taking only a short time

  We had a quick lunch before the bus left.

  Like fast, rapid, speedy

• quickly adverb

  at a fast speed; in a short time

  The children quickly ran outside when the bell rang.

  Like fast, rapidly

• quiet adjective

  making very little noise

  Please be quiet in the library so others can read.

  Like silent, hushed

• quietly adverb

  without making much noise

  We walked quietly so we would not wake the baby.

  Like softly, silently

• quite adverb

  fairly, but not very; completely

  The test was quite easy, but the last question was hard.

  Like fairly, rather, completely

• quiz noun

  a short test or a game of questions

  Our team won the science quiz by one point!

  Like test

• quotation noun

  words repeated exactly from what someone said or wrote; a stated price for a job

  She began her speech with a quotation from Albert Einstein.

  Like quote, citation

• quote verb

  to repeat the exact words that someone else said or wrote

  In her speech, the principal quoted a famous line from a poem.

  Like cite