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stipend

Short Definition : pay for services

Definition
(noun) a sum of money allotted on a regular basis; usually for some specific purpose
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stipend

Stipend: rhymes with stri-fund.

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imagine sum1 paying money to a prostitute to STRIP on a regular basis..

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sti-sPEND, to spend

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stipple

Short Definition : paint or draw with dots or short strokes

Definition
(verb) engrave by means of dots and flicks Definition
(verb) make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink Definition
(verb) apply (paint) in small dots or strokes Definition
(verb) produce a mottled effect
Synonyms : speckle
Example Sentence
  • The sunlight stippled the trees
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stipple

staple means to punch holes. stipple means to put dots.

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[do not intend to hurt, but this is how i remeberd, see if it helps you too] rhymes with nipple...which itself can be considered dot over boob.And painting a boob....hence paint or draw with dots

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stipple - to paint with the tip of the brush , to make strips/stripes or strokes

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staple = stipple; same means to make a dot point.

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stipulate

Short Definition : state as a necessary condition (of an agreement); make express conditions; specify; Ex. He stipulated payment in advance

Definition
(verb) specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
Example Sentence
  • The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life
  • The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
Definition
(verb) give a guarantee or promise of
Example Sentence
  • They stipulated to release all the prisoners
Definition
(verb) make an oral contract or agreement in the verbal form of question and answer that is necessary to give it legal force
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stipulate

staple+it-- Staple the documents, so that it GUARANTEES that they stay together permanently!

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stipules are plant parts present at the base of leaf. additional leaves present along with leaves. similarly STIPULATE is an condition (AGREEMENT) present in the MAIN AGREEMENT. stipulate = agreement in an agreement

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stipulate=steep+late imagine that you are going for a meeting where you are going to do some verbal agreement with the party but because of steep slope of the route you couldn't reach in time(reached late) at the desired place..

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we sometimes need to complete work in stipulated time. It means " specified" time.

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Stipulate-(STIP-U-LATE) suppose a man named STIP had made verbal agreement to meet you but he comes late then you say him(STIP-U-LATE)

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i will only stip [strip] you late if we have both expressed our conditions clearly. [yay for consent!]

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stipul"stating"

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stock

Short Definition : standard; kept regularly in stock or supply; typical; routine; common; Ex. stock sizes of paper; Ex. stock excuse/character; N: goods for sale in a shop; OP. unique

Definition
(noun) the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity)
Example Sentence
  • he owns a controlling share of the company's stock
Definition
(noun) the merchandise that a shop has on hand
Synonyms : inventory
Example Sentence
  • they carried a vast inventory of hardware
  • they stopped selling in exact sizes in order to reduce inventory
Definition
(noun) the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun
Synonyms : gunstock
Example Sentence
  • the rifle had been fitted with a special stock
Definition
(noun) a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation
Synonyms : stock certificate
Example Sentence
  • the value of his stocks doubled during the past year
Definition
(noun) a supply of something available for future use
Synonyms : fund store
Example Sentence
  • he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Definition
(noun) the descendants of one individual
Example Sentence
  • his entire lineage has been warriors
Definition
(noun) a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
Synonyms : breed strain
Example Sentence
  • he experimented on a particular breed of white rats
  • he created a new strain of sheep
Definition
(noun) liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces
Synonyms : broth
Example Sentence
  • she made gravy with a base of beef stock
Definition
(noun) the reputation and popularity a person has
Example Sentence
  • his stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
Definition
(noun) persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Synonyms : caudex
Definition
(noun) a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants Definition
(noun) any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Synonyms : gillyflower
Definition
(noun) any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
Synonyms : malcolm stock
Definition
(noun) lumber used in the construction of something
Example Sentence
  • they will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
Definition
(noun) the handle end of some implements or tools
Example Sentence
  • he grabbed the cue by the stock
Definition
(noun) an ornamental white cravat
Synonyms : neckcloth
Definition
(noun) any animals kept for use or profit
Synonyms : farm animal livestock
Definition
(verb) have on hand
Synonyms : carry stockpile
Example Sentence
  • Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Definition
(verb) equip with a stock
Example Sentence
  • stock a rifle
Definition
(verb) supply with fish
Example Sentence
  • stock a lake
Definition
(verb) supply with livestock
Example Sentence
  • stock a farm
Definition
(verb) amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use
Synonyms : buy in stock up
Example Sentence
  • let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
Definition
(verb) provide or furnish with a stock of something
Example Sentence
  • stock the larder with meat
Definition
(verb) put forth and grow sprouts or shoots
Synonyms : sprout
Example Sentence
  • the plant sprouted early this year
Definition
(adj) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Example Sentence
  • bromidic sermons
  • his remarks were trite and commonplace
  • hackneyed phrases
  • a stock answer
  • repeating threadbare jokes
  • parroting some timeworn axiom
  • the trite metaphor `hard as nails'
Definition
(adj) routine
Example Sentence
  • a stock answer
Definition
(adj) regularly and widely used or sold
Synonyms : standard
Example Sentence
  • a standard size
  • a stock item
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stock

remember the commentators saying "Brett Lee's STOCK delivery is the Yorker", means he bowls them regularly when in need.

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If you were a shopkeeper than u would obviously keep stuff that is typical and standard (stock adj.) to maximise the profit.

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Stock~Frock(that girls wear) : In India Frock is a typical or standard dress that a girl between 6-15 wears..so TYPICAL and STANDARD and COMMON around the country !

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STOCK MARKET ... make your stories ! There are enough stocks(shares) to supply regularly to the buyers, These days its a common way of making money !

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STOCK market is VERY COMMON to people, and merchants keep STOCK of REGULARLY USED THINGS

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stockade

Short Definition : wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as defensive barrier

Definition
(noun) fortification consisting of a fence made of a line of stout posts set firmly for defense Definition
(noun) a penal camp where political prisoners or prisoners of war are confined (usually under harsh conditions)
Synonyms : concentration camp
Definition
(verb) surround with a stockade in order to fortify
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stockade

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stockade~Stock(enough supply) of Blades; Lets put these blades in the fence around our house..this is a stock(common,standard) way (in India) to protect from thieves climbing the fence to enter the house - hence the barrier !

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sounds like blockade

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stodgy

Short Definition : dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book

Definition
(adj) heavy and starchy and hard to digest
Example Sentence
  • stodgy food
  • a stodgy pudding served up when everyone was already full
Definition
(adj) (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
Example Sentence
  • moss-grown ideas about family life
Definition
(adj) excessively conventional and unimaginative and hence dull
Synonyms : stuffy
Example Sentence
  • why is the middle class so stodgy, so utterly without a sense of humor?
  • a stodgy dinner party
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stodgy

stodgy-a old fashoined doggy

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imagine stodgy as your doggy which is very "stuffy" which is very "dull"

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STEADY+PORGY(girl)....a girl who is steady is stodgy........

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doggy..whenever dogs see new person they bark...they are conservative *edited from here* and wat the hell was conservative useful for?

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STOdGY STOP it JI(gy) its boring!

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stand up jokes on orgy are just too heavy to understanad

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stodgy >> state of old age/oddy (odd)

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Sticky, slimey... giving a dull and old feel

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stodgy=study as in the old ages (conventional, boring)

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stoic

Short Definition : stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; N. CF. stoicism

Definition
(noun) a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
Example Sentence
  • a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny
Definition
(noun) someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
Synonyms : unemotional person
Definition
(adj) seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
Synonyms : stoical
Example Sentence
  • stoic courage
  • stoic patience
  • a stoical sufferer
Definition
(adj) pertaining to Stoicism or its followers
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stoic

Think: "Stone-like"--> To be like a stone means you don't experience pleasure or pain. You are unaffected.

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STOIC sounds similar to TOY (if that 'c' is removed)...a toy is impassive and unmoved by joy or grief

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STOIC = STO (ie stony) + IC (ie icy) meaning thereby stony n icy...unaffected n emotionless

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sTOIc,,,,,,, TOI stands for Times of Inda, the newspaper,,, and their articles are indifferent to emotion and bias

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stoic:s+toy: at the age of playing with toys, child shows no emotions.

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a child was very happy as his new toy would be coming. but seeing that the toy is made up of stone he turned stoic

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stoic

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stoic

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story becomes stoic after being dry i.e. unemotional.

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stoke

Short Definition : stir up a fire or furnace; feed plentifully

Definition
(verb) stir up or tend; of a fire
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stoke

<br>Sounds like "stove" which is a furnace.

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Remember the word stoke as strike.. We start a fire by striking the match stick..

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stoke rhymes with poke, so you are poking the fire, similar to stoking the fire.

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poke+stove ..so, when you poke a stove, it'll stir up a fire and will be fed plentifully with fire

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ST-OKE sounds like stir+smoke so stoke is stirring up a fire which brings about smoke

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stolid

Short Definition : dull; impassive; showing little emotion when strong feelings are expected

Definition
(adj) having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
Synonyms : impassive
Example Sentence
  • her impassive remoteness
  • he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight
  • a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course
  • her face showed nothing but stolid indifference
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stolid

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stone like It becomes 'T' SOLID. So someone very SOLID against 'T'(ears) or emo'T'ions.

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STOL(sounds like stool)..and a stool is a nonliving thing without any emotion,simillarly a STOLID is like stool without any emotion,always dull and boring.

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when you are stolid your face is solid

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Remember stolid as solid. As we all know that molecules in solid are not moving randomly as in liquid or gas. So they are dull. So stolid means solid and dull.

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stone --> no feeling

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stoic ( stubborn & emotionless ) persons are stolid.....

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Stand or stone + Solid.

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stolid - a lid on show or making a show of emotions

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when u r sad ur face is solid.. UNEMOTIONAL...

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stoop

Short Definition : bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying

Definition
(noun) an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward Definition
(noun) basin for holy water
Synonyms : stoup
Definition
(noun) small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
Synonyms : stoep
Definition
(verb) bend one's back forward from the waist on down
Synonyms : bend bow crouch
Example Sentence
  • he crouched down
  • She bowed before the Queen
  • The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse
Definition
(verb) debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way
Example Sentence
  • I won't stoop to reading other people's mail
Definition
(verb) descend swiftly, as if on prey
Example Sentence
  • The eagle stooped on the mice in the field
Definition
(verb) sag, bend, bend over or down
Example Sentence
  • the rocks stooped down over the hiking path
Definition
(verb) carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward
Example Sentence
  • The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stoop

Sounds like steep. You have to bend forward when you are climbing a steep.

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its very simple yaar. STOOPE = DROOP. droop is to bend or hang down.

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