Anagrams of: CLIQUISH_

• an examination consisting of a few short questions

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior

• a crushing remark

• an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise

• suppress or crush completely

• make a sucking sound

• walk through mud or mire

• to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition

• a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)

• crouch down

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• cross one's eyes as if in strabismus

• Raw or sensitive flesh, especially that underneath finger and toe nails.

• Plants used in making a quickset hedge

• The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible to serious injury or keen feeling.

• Quitchgrass.

• A fast bowler.

• To amalgamate surfaces prior to gilding or silvering by dipping them into a solution of mercury in nitric acid.

• To quicken.

• a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables)

• a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala

• the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• a tart filled with rich unsweetened custard; often contains other ingredients (as cheese or ham or seafood or vegetables)

• a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala

• the Mayan language spoken by the Quiche

• A traditional shallow, two-handled cup of Scottish origin symbolizing friendship. It was originally used to toast the arrival or departure of a visitor.

• (by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.