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Stiff

/stˈɪf/
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(adj) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

Shoes are stiff when they are new.
He was stiff about it.
CEFR Practice Quiz
His back felt very ____ after he spent the whole day moving heavy boxes into the new apartment.

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