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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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

Squabble is close to Quibble.

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squabble =squash

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

తప్పదు ఇక

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 !)

squal = sucking quality

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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!)

SQUANDER more like Spender. One who spends a lot

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

Stay with dignity=staid

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

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

Start Treating AIDs patient Staidly

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

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

i STAYED 'sober' even when others were drunk

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

staid sounds like straight

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

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

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

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

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

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

WAL MART IS a very STRONG supermarket.

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

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)

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

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

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stanch - stand or stop the drench ( liquid pouring )

stanch - make the flow to stand and to be checked

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

putting STop to blood drA(e)nCH

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