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spurn

Definition
(verb) reject with contempt
Example Sentence
  • She spurned his advances
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for spurn

Spurn = s + purn. S = sex!! Purn = porn ; we disdainfully reject "sex + porn"

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spur is to give heart to i.e., help. <br> spurn is to reject help.

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boys, sprinkle spum + on, and move on, u know what i m talking about..

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spurn rhymes with burn, so when your cloth is on fire, you are spurning it.

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Sounds like return. So ur friends application was returned/spurned coz he provided fake info.

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spurn - sounds like "spin around" an offer

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spurn = s + pure + n; s is not pure i.e. should be rejected.

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squabble

Definition
(noun) a quarrel about petty points Definition
(verb) argue over petty things
Example Sentence
  • Let's not quibble over pennies
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for squabble

while playing scrabble, children fight with each other on minor issues...Squabble=Quarrel+scribble

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Squabble is close to Quibble.

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squabble =squash

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(squa-iska;bble-ball) ye iska ball hay,aaja hum tumarey ball sey football khelengey...so they are fighting for petty/small things.

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తప్పదు ఇక

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squalor

Definition
(noun) sordid dirtiness
Synonyms : sordidness squalidness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for squalor

squalor~parlour; Girls wil never go to a parlour that is squalor (that is in neglected state, leftover hairs,used wax,spilled sticky facial mask spread in the floor -> looks like filth !)

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squal = sucking quality

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Squalor rhymes with COLLAR which gets dirt soon.And Whilw washing its in NEGLECTED STATE

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a sailor on SHIP since 90 days will be squalor

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People living in a small SQUARE in the street. They live in SQUALOR, misery and poverty.

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Sounds like "squack." We could tell by the chicken's constant squacking that it was in a state of squalor: dirty and starving

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SCALE is a dirty substance formed in a boiler or heat exchanger.....Hence Squalor(SCALER) means dirty....

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squalor >>distorted form of scholar >> dirty >>sordid dirtines / squalidness

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squander

Definition
(verb) spend thoughtlessly; throw away
Synonyms : blow waste
Example Sentence
  • He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
  • You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree
Definition
(verb) spend extravagantly
Synonyms : consume ware waste
Example Sentence
  • waste not, want not
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for squander

SQUANDER rhymes with WANDER....so if you keep wandering, you are ultimately wasting time in life. gud

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squan = sucking quantity i.e., spending too much quantity.

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SQUAttER oN Dope. If you exchange 2 leTTers in SQUAttERs with oN Dope, you can explain how they became that way: they waste their money by spending irresponsibly on dope. (no offence intended to responsible smokers!)

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SQUANDER more like Spender. One who spends a lot

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squat

Definition
(noun) exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
Synonyms : knee bend squatting
Definition
(noun) a small worthless amount
Example Sentence
  • you don't know jack
Definition
(noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
Synonyms : squatting
Definition
(verb) sit on one's heels
Example Sentence
  • In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
  • The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
Definition
(verb) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
Example Sentence
  • The building squatted low
Definition
(verb) occupy (a dwelling) illegally Definition
(adj) short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature
Example Sentence
  • some people seem born to be square and chunky
  • a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
  • dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
  • a little church with a squat tower
  • a squatty red smokestack
  • a stumpy ungainly figure
Definition
(adj) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
Synonyms : underslung
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for squat

Indian toilets force you to squat.

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S.W.A.T. will make you squat

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SQAT sounds like SQATTLE (The Turtle Water Pokemon who was short and thick!) :)

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excess of squats..will restrict your height and make you SHORT AND THICK

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squat = square + T; As T is always denotes small sign its square will make it very small.

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squeamish

Definition
(adj) excessively fastidious and easily disgusted
Synonyms : dainty nice overnice prissy
Example Sentence
  • too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
  • so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for squeamish

It's like "scream-ish". i.e., one who screams for everything.

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sqa is always a negative connotations.

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staccato

Definition
(adj) (music) marked by or composed of disconnected parts or sounds; cut short crisply
Synonyms : disconnected
Example Sentence
  • staccato applause
  • a staccato command
  • staccato notes
Definition
(adv) separating the notes; in music
Example Sentence
  • play this staccato, please
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for staccato

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++Imajeeth When the cat suddenly jumps on to the stack, it makes an abrupt sharp sound.

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staccato sounds like potato.....so when u eat lots of potatoes u'll make sharp abrupt sound (like burps)

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when u stac(struck) a cat it makes a sharp sound

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sitar ko kato ...to usme se kate hue disconnected music niklegi ...hehe

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staccto can be split as stac(k)+cat+to....when the cats in the stack(shelf) were asked to make sound wat u heard was A DISCONNECTED SOUND

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STUCK-AT-TO..

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when walked in stilettos on the wooden floor, it makes sharp detached sound.

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staccato - stuck + kato = stuck + kato ( in kannada it means to hear )

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staccato= cat on the stack of the book o it will break the books.

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staid

Definition
(adj) characterized by dignity and propriety
Synonyms : sedate
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for staid

Staid--sounds like "STAYED"--Imagine you have always maintained your dignity and propriety in the place where you have stayed for so many years!

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STAID rhymes with MAID.think that a maid is RESPECTFUL,its a rarity

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Remember as ' Rahul Dravid stayed(staid) on the pitch for long time' relate Dravid maintaining dignity of the country.

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Stay with dignity=staid

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the batsman STAID (stayed)in the crease for the whole day and scored only 20 odd runs,we call it a STAID knock,meaning UNENTERPRISING AND UNINTERESTING

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ST+AID=sexually transmitted AIDS..a person suffering from AIDS has to generally suffer from loss of dignity by the society.

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Start Treating AIDs patient Staidly

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ST(student) + AID. you will get one only if you are serious about studies.

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staid image -- that has always stayed the same.. i.e. it is boring , uninteresting and old fashioned. (staid image)

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i STAYED 'sober' even when others were drunk

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if you over-STAID(stayed) your welcome in a guests house then it will effect you dignity and propriety..

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staid sounds like straight

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stalwart

Definition
(noun) a person who is loyal to their allegiance (especially in times of revolt)
Synonyms : loyalist
Definition
(adj) having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships
Synonyms : hardy stout sturdy
Example Sentence
  • hardy explorers of northern Canada
  • proud of her tall stalwart son
  • stout seamen
  • sturdy young athletes
Definition
(adj) dependable
Synonyms : stout
Example Sentence
  • the stalwart citizens at Lexington
  • a stalwart supporter of the UN
  • stout hearts
Definition
(adj) used especially of persons
Synonyms : stouthearted
Example Sentence
  • a stalwart knight
  • a stouthearted fellow who had an active career in the army
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stalwart

STALL+WAR- He alone can stall the war because he is a stalwart.

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someone loyal to you will stay (STAL) with you in war(WART) .

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Talwar(sword) hate(in the hand of) tipu sultan.. Or imagine any other hero.

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Similar to "STEWARD", the receptionist on board who is very strong.

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wall mart, if any1 here watches southpark then he knows cartman is a walmark stallwart

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WAL MART IS a very STRONG supermarket.

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Stall+war--so loyal dat having ''stall'' of tea at the battle field during ''war'' for the soilders

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stanch

Definition
(verb) stop the flow of a liquid
Synonyms : halt staunch stem
Example Sentence
  • staunch the blood flow
  • stem the tide
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stanch

stanch = ST(op)+AN(d)+CH(eck)

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staunch is determinate,unmovable.Stanch(verb) is to make blood unmovable.

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S(stop)TANCH(tank):- Stop the tank of water

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stanch - stand or stop the drench ( liquid pouring )

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stanch - make the flow to stand and to be checked

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Reminds me of Starch. Starch will definitely stop water from flowing around. Hehe...

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putting STop to blood drA(e)nCH

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