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Front 1

splint

Back 1

strip of material for supporting broken bone (and to immobilize

Front 2

sprain

Back 2

wrench the ligaments

Front 3

sprightly

Back 3

marked by gay and lightness and vivacity

Front 4

spur

Back 4

incentive, urge

Front 5

spur

Back 5

false, forged
they had cought a spurious painting; apocryphal, unauthentic

Front 6

spurn

Back 6

reject with disdain or contempt

Front 7

squalid

Back 7

1. extremely dirty and unpleasant
2. showing contemptible lack of moral standards
a squalid attempt to buy votes

Front 8

squall

Back 8

1. sudden violent wond, strom
2. loud cry

Front 9

square

Back 9

settle; square a det

Front 10

squat

Back 10

short or low and disproportionately broad or wide

Front 11

squelch

Back 11

completely suppress, quell

Front 12

staid

Back 12

respectable and unadventurous, sedate, quiet, serious, steady, conventional

Front 13

stalemate

Back 13

deadlock , draw, impasse

Front 14

stalwart

Back 14

outstanding strength and vigor

Front 15

stasis

Back 15

state of inactivity or equilibrium
2. slowing down, stopping

Front 16

stature

Back 16

natural height in upright position

Front 17

steadfast

Back 17

firm belief, unwavering
1. steadfast friend or policy

Front 18

stentoian

Back 18

(of a person's voice) lod and powerful

Front 19

stifle

Back 19

1.smother, suffocate
2. knee joint

Front 20

stigma

Back 20

mark of disgrace
2. visible sign of disease
3. part of pistil

Front 21

stilted

Back 21

1. stiff and self-consciour or unnatural; strained, force, pompous, lofty

Front 22

stint

Back 22

1. sparing or frugal
2.brief stint as a waitress

Front 23

stipple

Back 23

speckle, dot, freckle

Front 24

stipulate

Back 24

demand as part of condition of an agreement; specify, detail

Front 25

stockade

Back 25

enclosure formed from upright wooden posts or stakes

Front 26

stodgy

Back 26

1.filling food
2. stodgy writing, boring, dull

Front 27

stoic

Back 27

not affected by passion or feeling; firmly restraining response to pain or distress; impassive, apathetic

Front 28

stoke

Back 28

1. add coal to fire
2. encourage or incite

Front 29

stolid

Back 29

unemotional, cool, calm

Front 30

stonewall

Back 30

refuse to comply

Front 31

stouthearted

Back 31

brave courageous, dauntless

Front 32

strait

Back 32

narrow path connecting two seas
in dire straits (trouble, difficulty)

Front 33

strata

Back 33

1. layers of any structure
2. level/class of society

Front 34

stratagem

Back 34

cleverly contrived trick for gaining an end

Front 35

stratify

Back 35

to divide into classes, castes

Front 36

stricture

Back 36

rule restricting behaviour
2. sternly critical remark

Front 37

strident

Back 37

sound harsh, insistent and discordant, grating, raucous

Front 38

stultify

Back 38

dulling, boring, discourage, inhibit, restrain
2. appear foolish or absurd

Front 39

stupor

Back 39

condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended

Front 40

stygian

Back 40

extermely gloomy, dark; hellish , indernal, plutonian

Front 41

stymie

Back 41

present obstable, stand in the way of

Front 42

subdue

Back 42

conquer, crush, defeat

Front 43

subjugate

Back 43

bring inder constrol and governance

Front 44

sublime

Back 44

lofty, grand, exalted

Front 45

subliminal

Back 45

below threshold of conscious perception

Front 46

submerge

Back 46

cover or overflow with water