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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) .

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.

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

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

steadfast

Definition
(adj) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Example Sentence
  • firm convictions
  • a firm mouth
  • steadfast resolve
  • a man of unbendable perseverence
  • unwavering loyalty
Definition
(adj) firm and dependable especially in loyalty
Synonyms : staunch unswerving
Example Sentence
  • a steadfast ally
  • a staunch defender of free speech
  • unswerving devotion
  • unswerving allegiance
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for steadfast

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.

stentorian

Definition
(adj) used of the voice
Synonyms : booming
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stentorian

sTEN + TORIAN {TONIAN} take it as tone ! so having ten tones which is like very loud

remember the STEN gun.. its a very loud machine gun.. so the STEN-TORE my ears

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steno is one who writes when one speaks. stento is one who has extremely loud voice.

Sounds like Mentor and Mentor has loud voice always

The Senate gets very loud when there are STate SENaTORs IN

Sounds like Sentry on the door. He is always blowing the LOUD whistle at the night and causing insomnia.

stentorian sounds like stunt which r loud

tarzan ne aa kar apne stentorian gale se tent tor diya

Stereo tone(you may assume ring tone) is loud.

stickler

Definition
(noun) someone who insists on something
Example Sentence
  • a stickler for promptness
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stickler

read it as STICK-LER, i.e one who sticks to a set of rules, a PERFECTIONIST.

STICKler is one who always has a stick in his hands. Such people are STRICT DISPLINARIANS.

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sounds same as Hitler who was strict in maintaining discipline

a person who sticks to something until he gets it right

A person who gives tick to an consignment is always a perfectionist.

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Amir Khan (Perfectionist) had lots of tattoos (stickers) on him in the movie - Ghazni

stifle

Definition
(noun) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
Synonyms : knee
Definition
(verb) conceal or hide
Example Sentence
  • smother a yawn
  • muffle one's anger
  • strangle a yawn
Definition
(verb) smother or suppress
Synonyms : dampen
Example Sentence
  • Stifle your curiosity
Definition
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Example Sentence
  • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Definition
(verb) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
Synonyms : asphyxiate suffocate
Example Sentence
  • The child suffocated under the pillow
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stifle

stifle is similar to Stifler(American pie series). imagine abt the guy... he used to supress and ditch around his fellow ppl.

rhymes with rifle(a gun). So if you fire a rifle , you need to EXTINGUISH it too.

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

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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
Synonyms : brand mark stain
Example Sentence
  • And the Lord set a mark upon Cain
Definition
(noun) an external tracheal aperture in a terrestrial arthropod Definition
(noun) a skin lesion that is a diagnostic sign of some disease
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stigma

Stigma (STICK + MAA) Imagine someone hitting his MAA with a STICK. How disgraceful it will be !!!

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Opposite of six sigma which is considered very graceful and good

stigma = sounds like enigma is always disgraceful.

grand ma is always a token of disgrace for mother.

Stigma= ma of stig (from the top gear show). His mother is always ashamed of his son being on TV!

stilted

Definition
(adj) artificially formal
Example Sentence
  • that artificial humility that her husband hated
  • contrived coyness
  • a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  • 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.

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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
Synonyms : stretch
Example Sentence
  • there were stretches of boredom
  • he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary
Definition
(noun) smallest American sandpiper Definition
(noun) an individual's prescribed share of work
Example Sentence
  • her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her
Definition
(verb) subsist on a meager allowance
Synonyms : scrimp skimp
Example Sentence
  • scratch and scrimp
Definition
(verb) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
Synonyms : scant skimp
Example Sentence
  • sting with the allowance
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stint

'stin't is moderately 'stin'gy

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 ..

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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
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

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

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

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