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spry

Definition
(adj) moving quickly and lightly
Synonyms : agile nimble quick
Example Sentence
  • sleek and agile as a gymnast
  • as nimble as a deer
  • nimble fingers
  • quick of foot
  • the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before we could stop it
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for spry

Spry -- Sprite...and Sprite, the cold drink, can all make you active.

Spry sounds like SPY, person to collect secret information about another country, organization or person,

Remember when you press the spray bottle, how liquid comes out of the nozzle. Its very fast, active, agile, nimble...

SPRYte piyo, active raho

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Spry ~ fry ; If you eat too much of fried food , then you won't be agile,nimble,vigourously active !

spry - when you are nimble that you spring and fly up and down, then you are a spry person

Sprite bottle opened too soon

spurious

Definition
(adj) plausible but false
Synonyms : specious
Example Sentence
  • a specious claim
  • spurious inferences
Definition
(adj) born out of wedlock
Example Sentence
  • the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring
Definition
(adj) intended to deceive
Example Sentence
  • a spurious work of art
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for spurious

s-PURE+ious...pure means true...spurious means the opposite of it..which is FALSE,CONTERFEIT

Sounds like "furious". You get furious when you hear spurious arguments.

Read it: s-poor-ious argument.

s pur ious- sounds like "s its pure lies"

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to "spurn" means to reject. So you SPURn anything that is SPURious (false).

The polka dotted sponges in the aquarium were not the real, rare ones living in the ocean. They were fake.

Split "Spurious" into spur+ious, where spur means instantly(spur of the moment). So anything done without much thought and immediately can result in falsehood or may be illogical.

you get furious when you get spurious (counterfeit)dollar bills

the fast and the spurious.lol

spurn

Definition
(verb) reject with contempt
Example Sentence
  • She spurned his advances
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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..

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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.

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.

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

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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

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

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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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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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.

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

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