steadfast~stood + first ; One who has always STOOD with you and is the FIRST one to help you is a LOYAL friend.
Another meaning - Always STEADY so unswerving
STEADFAST-- Split as STEADY+fast
someone who is steady always
stead+fast...STEAD(substitute)...Coach choses that substitute(STEAD) FAST, who is the FIRM, LOYAL player in the team.
suppose you are giving an exam and suddenly you've an urge for eating chocolate trifle, but you can't..so you'll have to suppress it..Suppress+TrIFLE = stifle
good mnemonic by mnm : When you take a rifle with you, you better stifle (conceal, hide) it, else you will be arrested added by
Stifler of American pie couldnt 'suppress' his sex urge.. he ws a very horny guy :)
after choking someone to death the person would become stiff.
+Imajeeth
One who ruffles must also stifle.
macro
suppress noise of your rifle = stifle
stigma
Definition (noun) the apical end of the style where deposited pollen enters the pistil
Definition (noun) a symbol of disgrace or infamy
when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stilted
The woman wore STILletos to the formal party to artificially increase her height.
Stilt refer to either of those long, slender poles (artificial legs) used to raise or elevate oneself above ground. so stilted concversations are artificial and pretentiosly formal ones.
stilted - style + tilted - its not a real style but a tilted or contrived one
Stilts are rods on which jokers walk to appear taller.Imagine how such a person would be.He would be stiff as he cant afford falling.
stilted sounds like steal Ted, so when someone steals your Ted (Teddy bear), you give a stilted shout.
when you are stilted you are still and tilted
Stilted~Chill+ted;suppose that TED(a common name) is a normal guy but he wants to appear cool(derive from chill), modern,like dude etc...so his manner would be bombastic (affected) and pompous...full dikhava,ostentatiousness !
if u r titled, you ae obviously uneasy
imagine a drunk man when he is bombastic he musta be tilted.
Chill-->TED-->Cool-->derived from chill-->affected--> pompous--> and Finally Pretentious? Ostentatious? GOsh!!
In stiletto 'stil' refers to artificial elevation so stilt means artificial elevation in voice.
tilted >>> a tilted pose is not actually a natural pose, its actually an ARTIFICIAL pose taken for some photograph or something..
stint
Definition (noun) an unbroken period of time during which you do something
STUNT means to LIMIT growth. STINT means to LIMIT supply.
stint ..sounds like stunt....and all stunt are learned when u spent SOME FIXED TIME TO LEARN THE INTRICACIES OF YOUR TASK .
stint~stunt:In bollywood all those who perform the stunt instead of the protagonists have a LIMITED role,A FIXED AMOUNT OF TIME and ROLE ! This also means thrifty - so these stunt doers get a very less salary so they have to be ..
in order to paint my Shoe the perfect TINT i must limit the amount of time my finger presses down on the spray paint can.
S+tin+T: Survive on TIN meagre Things
stint=-= s + tint , someone expense tint amount of money is stingy.
st+int in 'c' launguage we declare integers individually seperated by','
ST (State Transport vehicle)came IN for Testing (obviously for a certain period of time)
stipple
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
staple means to punch holes. stipple means to put dots.
[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
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!
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
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..
we sometimes need to complete work in stipulated time. It means " specified" time.
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)
i will only stip [strip] you late if we have both expressed our conditions clearly. [yay for consent!]
stipul"stating"
stodgy
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
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