Initial S

  • sack: bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer’s purchases; enclosed space
  • sacred: concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication
  • sacrifice: offering of something to god; victim offered to god; surrender or loss of profit for higher object
  • saddle: load or burden; put harness onto animal’s back to ride
  • sag: sink, in the middle, by its weight or under applied pressure, below a horizontal line or plane
  • sake: purpose; reason for wanting something done
  • salmon: several species of fish of the Salmonidae family; reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon
  • salute: give a sign of good will; compliment by an act or ceremony, as a kiss, a bow; honor
  • sample: small part of something intended as representative of the whole
  • sandy: loose and large-grained in consistency
  • sanitary: relating to health or the protection of health
  • sarcasm: cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound; stinging rebuke; form of humor by mocking with irony
  • sarcastic: ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
  • satellite: small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
  • satire: form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly satisfaction: fulfillment or gratification of a desire, need, or appetite; source or means of gratification satisfactory: acceptable; passable
  • sauce: stewed fruit served with other foods; appetizing ingredients for meat, fish or puddings
  • saucer: dish; small shallow dish having a slight circular depression in the center for holding a cup
  • savage: in a state of nature; wild; untamed; uncultivated; inhuman; brutal; not civilized; lacking polish; rude
  • save: rescue; preserve; make unnecessary; set aside for future use
  • savings: resources; money saved
  • scale: climb up or over; alter according to a standard; estimate or measure; remove in layers
  • scan: make a wide, sweeping search of; examine
  • scandal: publicized incident that brings about disgrace; damage to reputation by disclosure of improper behavior
  • scar: mark of damage; mark left on the skin after injury
  • scarce: hard to find; absent or rare; limited
  • scarcely: hardly; barely; only just
  • scare: frighten; alarm; strike with sudden fear
  • scarf: long piece of cloth worn about the head, neck, or shoulders
  • scarlet: bright red
  • scatter: sprinkle; disseminate; cause to separate and go in different directions
  • scene: structure on which something is shown; part of theater where the acting is done; place, time, or circumstance in which anything occurs
  • scenery: landscape; view; view or views of natural features, especially in open country
  • scenic: constituting or affording pleasing views of natural features; beautiful
  • scent: distinctive odor that is pleasant; fragrance; perfume
  • schedule: plan for an activity or event; arrange
  • scheme: elaborate and systematic plan of action; chart or outline of a system or object
  • scholar: professor; a learned person
  • scholarship: knowledge resulting from study and research; grant of financial aid awarded to student
  • scissors: edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
  • scoff: mock; ridicule; show or express scorn; eat quickly and greedily
  • scold: find fault or rail with rude clamor; utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke
  • scope: range of one’s perceptions, thoughts, or actions; extent; bound
  • scorch: burn superficially; parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; affect painfully with heat; burn score: act of getting point in a game or sport; facts about an actual situation
  • scorn: extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard
  • scotch: put an abrupt end to; block to prevent rolling or slipping
  • scout: find paths through unexplored territory
  • scramble: unceremonious and disorganized struggle; rushing about hastily in an undignified way scrap: small piece or bit; fragment; fragment; leftover bits of food; remnant
  • scrape: gather something together over time; scratch repeatedly
  • scratch: cut the surface of; cause friction
  • screen: surface where pictures can be projected for viewing ; examine; test
  • screw: cause to penetrate with a circular motion; fastener with shank and slotted head
  • screwdriver: a hand tool for driving screws
  • script: prepare text for filming or broadcasting
  • scrub: rub hard; wash with rubbing
  • scrutiny: close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
  • sculptor: artist who creates sculptures
  • sculpture: statue; creating figures or designs in three dimensions
  • seal: middle size aquatic mammal; stamp used for authentication or security
  • seam: line of junction formed by sewing together two pieces; line across a surface, as a crack; scar
  • seaport: sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo
  • seashore: coast; beach; the shore of a sea or ocean
  • seasonal: occurring at or dependent on a particular season
  • secondary: not of major importance; of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate
  • secret: something studiously concealed; a thing kept from general knowledge
  • section: one of several parts; pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
  • sector: particular aspect of life or activity; body of people who form part of society or economy
  • secure: free from fear, care, or anxiety; not have reason to doubt
  • security: freedom from risk or danger; safety
  • seek: make an effort to; try to get; try to discover
  • seemingly: apparently; supposedly
  • segment: sector; portion; any of the parts into which something can be divided
  • select: taken from a number by preference; picked out as more valuable or excellent than others; of special value or excellence
  • selection: choice; variety; collection
  • senator: a member of a senate; a member of the king’s council; a king’s councilor
  • sensation: feeling; perception associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition
  • sensational: arousing or intended to arouse strong curiosity, interest, or reaction
  • sense: faculty through which to know external world; feeling produced by stimulus
  • sensible: able to feel or perceive; perceivable; wise; showing reason or sound judgment
  • sensitive: able to feel; responsive to external conditions; susceptible to attitudes of others
  • sensitivity: sense; acuteness; capacity of an organ or organism to respond to stimulation
  • sentence: final judgment of guilty in criminal case and punishment that is imposed
  • sentiment: thought prompted by passion or feeling; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression
  • sentimental: emotional; Resulting from emotion rather than reason or realism
  • separate: set or keep apart; disunite; divide; disconnect
  • sequence: serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern
  • serene: completely clear and fine
  • serenity: calmness of mind; quietness; stillness; peace
  • series: a number of things or events standing or succeeding in order; sequence
  • serious: grave in manner or disposition; earnest; thoughtful; solemn; really intending what is said
  • seriously: in a serious or literal manner; gravely; solemnly; in earnest; without levity
  • session: meeting devoted to a particular activity; time for school to hold classes
  • setting: context and environment in which something is set
  • settle: take up residence; form a community; come to rest; bring to an end; fix firmly
  • severe: serious in feeling or manner; not light, lively, or cheerful
  • shabby: torn or worn to rage; poor; mean; ragged
  • shade: a slight amount or degree of difference; shadow; protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
  • shaft: axes; vertical passage into a mine; long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow
  • shallow: lacking physical depth; not deep or strong
  • sham: pretend; put on false appearance of; feign
  • sharpen: make pointed; make sharp or sharper
  • sharply: steeply; changing suddenly in direction and degree; acutely
  • shatter: destroy; break up; break into many pieces
  • shave: act of removing hair with a razor; thin slice or scraping
  • shear: cut or clip hair; strip of something; remove by cutting or clipping
  • shed: get rid of ; cast off; cause to pour forth
  • sheer: very thin or transparent; very steep; absolute or pure
  • sheet: bed linen consisting of a large rectangular piece; any broad thin surface
  • shell: ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge; usually hard outer covering that encases certain organism
  • shelter: structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
  • shepherd: a herder of sheep; someone who keeps the sheep together in a flock
  • sheriff: chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is entrusted the execution of the laws
  • shield: protective covering or structure; protect; guard
  • shift: moving from one setting or context to another; moving very slightly
  • shine: emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor
  • shiny: reflecting light; radiant; bright from reflected light
  • shipment: sending of cargo; act of sending off something
  • shipwreck: destruction of a ship, as by storm or collision; complete failure or ruin
  • shiver: shake with or as if with cold; tremble; break into fragments or splinters
  • shock: unpleasant or disappointing surprise; surprise greatly; effect of such a collision or blow
  • short: not long; unwilling to endure; inadequate or insufficient; most direct; lasting a brief time
  • shortcut: a direct route; a route shorter than the usual one
  • shot: photographic view or exposure
  • shove: drive along by the direct and continuous application of strength; push along, aside, or away, in a careless manner
  • shovel: tool consisting of a broad scoop, or hollow blade, with a handle, used for lifting and throwing loose substances
  • shower: one who shows or exhibits; brief fall of precipitation, such as rain, hail; bath in which the water is sprayed
  • shrewd: clever; characterized by keen awareness, sharp intelligence
  • shriek: sharp, shrill outcry or scream; shrill wild cry such as is caused by sudden or extreme terror, pain, or the like
  • shrill: acute; sharp; piercing; having or emitting a sharp, piercing tone or sound
  • shrine: case or box, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint; sacred place, as altar or tomb
  • shrink: become smaller or draw together; compress
  • shroud: hide from view; wrap for burial; shut off from sight; shelter
  • shrub: bush
  • shrug: draw up or contract the shoulders, especially by way of expressing dislike, dread, doubt, or the like
  • shuffle: disorder; move back and forth; mix so as to make a random order or arrangement
  • shun: avoid deliberately; keep away from
  • shutter: a hinged blind for a window
  • shuttle: public transport that consists of a bus or train or airplane that run between two points; spacecraft
  • shy: timid; bashful; easily startled; distrustful
  • sick: affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health
  • sickness: state that precedes vomiting; disease
  • sideways: with the side forward; to or from a side
  • siege: seat, especially a royal seat; throne; rank; grade; sitting before a fortified place; surrounding or investing of a place by army
  • sieve: a utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts; a kind of coarse basket
  • sift: separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the course; examine critically or minutely; scrutinize
  • sigh: inhale a larger quantity of air than usual, and immediately expel it; make a deep single audible respiration, especially to express fatigue, exhaustion, grief, or sorrow
  • sightseeing: act or pastime of visiting sights of interest
  • sign: public display of message; visible mark or indication
  • signal: a sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person
  • signature: name written in own handwriting
  • significance: message that is intended or expressed or signified; meaning
  • significant: fairly large; important in effect or meaning
  • signify: denote; mean; indicate
  • silly: exhibiting a lack of wisdom or good sense; foolish; stupid
  • similar: nearly corresponding; somewhat like; having a general likeness
  • simplicity: easiness; plainness; absence of luxury or showiness; lack of good sense or intelligence; foolishness
  • simplify: make simple; make less complex; make clear by giving the explanation for
  • simulate: make a pretense of; reproduce someone’s behavior or looks
  • simultaneous: existing, happening, or done at the same time
  • sincere: open and genuine; not deceitful; pure; unmixed
  • single: one only; consisting of one alone; alone; having no companion
  • singular: unique; extraordinary; being only one
  • sink: fall by, force of gravity; descend lower; decline gradually; enter deeply
  • siren: electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning; something insidious or deceptive; mermaid
  • site: physical position in relation to the surroundings; position; location
  • skeleton: framework; internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape
  • sketch: draw or describe briefly; give the main points; summary of
  • skim: pass near surface of; brush surface of; glide swiftly along surface of; read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts
  • skip: jump lightly; hop; bypass
  • skirmish: minor battle in war; minor or preliminary conflict or dispute
  • skull: bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
  • skyrocket: increase rapidly; rise quickly; soar
  • skyscraper: very tall building with many stories
  • slack: area of still water; lack of tension; cord, rope, or cable that is hanging loosely; unused capacity;
  • casual trousers
  • slam: shut with force and a loud noise; strike with force
  • slander: defamation; false and malicious statement or report about someone
  • slap: sharp blow from a flat object as an open hand; smack; sharp insult
  • slaughter: act of killing; extensive, violent, bloody, or wanton destruction of life; carnage
  • slay: put to death with a weapon, or by violence; kill; put an end to; destroy; overwhelm, as with laughter or love
  • slender: having little width in proportion to height or length; long and thin
  • slice: a serving that has been cut from a larger portion; piece; a share of something
  • slide: slip; move usually in an uncontrolled manner; move smoothly along a surface
  • slight: almost no; very little; deliberate discourtesy
  • slightly: a little; a bit
  • slim: small in quantity; being of delicate or slender build
  • slip: move smoothly and easily; move out of position; move stealthily
  • slipper: low footwear that can be on and off easily; one who slips or slides because of loss of traction
  • slippery: smooth; being such as to cause things to slip or slide
  • slit: long, straight, narrow cut or opening; slot; pocket
  • slogan: phrase used repeatedly, as in advertising or promotion
  • slope: be at an angle; incline; gradient
  • slum: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
  • slumber: sleep; state of inactivity or dormancy
  • slump: sudden falling off or decline, as in activity, prices, or business; gross amount; mass
  • smart: clever; intelligent; showing mental alertness and calculation
  • smash: break in pieces by violence; dash to pieces; crush
  • smog: air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
  • smooth: free from obstructions; make surface shine
  • smoothly: in a smooth manner; successfully; easily
  • smuggle: import or export without paying customs duties
  • snack: eat light informal meal; eat lightly
  • snap: make a sharp sound; break suddenly as under tension; utter in angry or sharp tone
  • snatch: grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly
  • sneak: creep or steal privately; come or go meanly, as a person afraid or ashamed to be seen
  • sneer: show contempt by turning up the nose, or by a particular facial expression; speak derisively; show mirth awkwardly
  • snob: vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; one who apes his superiors.
  • snobbish: of or pertaining to a snob; vulgarly pretentious
  • soak: cause or suffer to lie in a fluid; absorb; drain; drink intemperately or gluttonously
  • soar: fly aloft, as a bird; mount upward on wings; rise in thought, spirits, or imagination
  • sober: not extreme; marked by seriousness or gravity; not affected by use of drugs; self-restraint
  • sociable: gregarious; friendly; inclined to or conducive to companionship with others
  • sociology: branch of philosophy which treats of the constitution, phenomena, and development of human society; social science
  • sock: plowshare; short stocking reaching a point between ankle and knee; hard blow or punch; comic drama
  • soil: material in the surface of the earth
  • solar: of or relating to the sun
  • soldier: one who is engaged in military service as an officer or a private; one who serves in an army
  • sole: bottom; underside of foot or shoe or boot; bottom surface of a plow
  • solely: alone; only; without another
  • solemn: serious; somber; deeply earnest, serious, and sober
  • solicitor: petitioner who seeks contributions or trade or votes; chief law officer of a city, town, or government department
  • solidarity: union of interests, purposes, or sympathies among members of a group; accord
  • solitary: isolated; existing, living, or going without others; alone; unaccompanied
  • solitude: state of being alone; seclusion; lonely or secluded place
  • solo: composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; unaccompanied; single
  • solution: method for solving a problem; successful action of solving a problem
  • solvent: able to pay all debts; capable of meeting financial obligations
  • somehow: in one way or another; in some way not yet known; by some means
  • somewhat: to some extent or degree; rather; a bit; slightly
  • soothe: cause to feel better; give moral or emotional strength to
  • sophisticated: wide-ranging knowledge; complex; intellectually appealing
  • sophistication: being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject
  • sore: skin infection; hurting; inflamed and painful; source of pain, distress, or irritation
  • sort: kind or species; a class of;
  • sound: sensation perceived by the ear; distinctive noise; long narrow inlet
  • sour: taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice; showing ill humor
  • source: point of origin, such as spring, of stream or river; one that causes, creates, or initiates
  • souvenir: token of remembrance; memento; something of sentimental value
  • sovereign: having supreme rank or power; self-governing; excellent; independent
  • sovereignty: autonomy; independence
  • sow: plant; place seeds in or on
  • soy: soybean; most highly protein vegetable
  • spacecraft: a vehicle for travelling in space
  • spaceship: spacecraft designed to carry a crew into interstellar space
  • spacious: wide; generous or large in area or extent; sizable
  • span: duration; distance; cover; extent or measure of space between two points
  • spare: give up what is not strictly needed; hold back from; withhold or avoid; save or relieve from action
  • spark: flash; sparkle; emit or produce sparks
  • sparkle: be brilliant in performance; give off or reflect flashes of light; glitter
  • sparrow: any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects
  • spatial: relating to space; existing in or connected with space
  • spear: a long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing
  • specialize: mention specially; particularize; apply to some specialty or limited object
  • specialized: developed or designed for a special activity or function
  • species: a specific kind of something
  • specific: stated explicitly or in detail; definite
  • specification: instruction; description; act of specifying, or making a detailed statement
  • specify: detail; designate
  • specimen: model; sample; an example regarded as typical of its class
  • spectacle: demonstration; show
  • spectacular: impressive or sensational; lavishly produced performance; grand
  • spectator: observer; audience; one who looks on
  • spectrum: colored band produced when beam of light passes through a prism; a range of values
  • speculate: assume to be true without conclusive evidence; engage in buying or selling of a commodity for profit
  • speculation: speculating; examination by eye; intellectual check; business venture in unusual risks, with a chance for large profits
  • speedy: fast; rapid; accomplished or arrived at without delay; prompt
  • spell: name or write in order the letters constituting; add up to; signify
  • sphere: ball; globe; a particular aspect of life or activity
  • spill: pour; sudden drop from an upright position; flow or run out
  • spin: turn round rapidly; move round rapidly; move swiftly
  • spiral: rotary; curled; moving in a zigzag course; moving in shape of a coil
  • spiritual: not tangible or material; belonging to religion; sacred; supernatural
  • spit: expel or eject from the mouth; rain gently
  • spite: ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart splash: cause fluid to scatter in flying masses; strike and dash about, as water, mud
  • splendid: shining; very bright; magnificent; brilliant
  • split: break apart; cut; divide
  • spoil: go bad; rot; decay; become unfit for consumption or use
  • spokesman: one who speaks for another
  • sponge: soaking up; small absorbent contraceptive pad, used for bathing or cleaning
  • sponsor: one who binds himself to answer for another, and is responsible for his default; godfather or godmother
  • spontaneous: arising without external cause; growing without cultivation or human labor
  • spoon: a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle
  • sport: activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively
  • spot: location; place; site; pinpoint; mark to allow easy recognition
  • sprain: violent wrenching of the soft parts surrounding a joint; injury caused by pushing or pressing; painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
  • spray: a quantity of small objects flying through air
  • spring: develop suddenly; jump; move forward by leaps and bounds
  • sprout: have new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud; shoot up
  • spur: urge a horse; incite or stimulate; ride quickly by spurring a horse; proceed in haste
  • square: be compatible with; cause to match; cut to rectangular shape; bring into agreement or balance; settle
  • squash: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long- handled rackets; crush; press; depress
  • squat: stocky; short and thick; low and broad
  • squeeze: force something into or through a restricted space; compress with violence
  • squirrel: a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
  • stab: pierce with a pointed weapon; wound or kill by pointed instrument
  • stability: balance; constancy
  • stable: not easily moved or disturbed
  • stack: an orderly pile; heap; a large number ; arrange in pile
  • stadium: large, usually open structure for sports events with tiered seating for spectators
  • staff: personnel who assist superior to carry out assigned task
  • stagger: sway; walk as if unable to control one’s movements
  • stain: soiled or discolored; symbol of disgrace or infamy; natural spot of a color different from the gound
  • staircase: a way of access consisting of a set of steps
  • stake: money risked on gamble; pole set up to mark something; right or legal share of something stale: having lost freshness; lacking originality or spontaneity
  • stalk: go through an area in search of prey; pursue; walk with a stiff or angry gait; move threateningly stall: small area set off by walls for special use; booth
  • stammer: make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; hesitate or falter in speaking; speak with stops and difficulty
  • standard: criteria; basis for comparison
  • standardize: normalize; cause to conform to a standard
  • standing: high reputation; esteem; maintaining an erect position
  • standpoint: a mental position from which things are viewed
  • staple: necessary foods or commodities; basic elements; secure or fasten; a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
  • stapler: one who deals in staple goods or staple fibers; device used to bind material together by means of staples
  • startle: move suddenly, or be excited; excite by sudden alarm, surprise
  • starvation: act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine
  • starve: hunger; deprive of food
  • statesman: one occupied with the affairs of government, and influential in shaping policy
  • static: having no motion; being at rest; fixed; stationary
  • stationary: fixed; immobile; static; not capable of being moved
  • stationery: paper cut to right size for writing letters; writing materials and office supplies
  • statistics: a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data
  • statue: sculpture representing a human or animal
  • status: position relative to others; standing
  • statute: law enacted by legislature; decree or edict, as of a ruler
  • steady: securely in position; not shaky; not easily excited
  • steak: slice of meat, typically beef, usually cut thick
  • steamer: vessel propelled by steam; steamship or steamboat; road locomotive for use on common roads
  • steep: soak; make thoroughly wet
  • steer: drive; direct; guide by means of a device such as a rudder, paddle, or wheel
  • stem: stop flow of a liquid; make headway against
  • stereo: stereophonic sound-reproduction system
  • sterling: any English coin of standard value; coined money
  • stern: hard, harsh, or severe in manner or character; firm or unyielding
  • steward: man employed in a large family, a large estate, a hotel, a club, or on board a ship to manage service
  • stick: fasten into place by fixing an end; be a follower or supporter
  • sticky: glutinous; adhesive; covered with an adhesive agent; humid;
  • stiff: not moving or operating freely; lacking ease in bending; resistant
  • stimulate: encourage; motivate; arouse; spur; excite or invigorate with a stimulant
  • stimulation: arousing an organism to action
  • sting: pierce painfully with sharp pointed structure or organ; cause to suffer keenly in the mind or feelings
  • stink: strong, offensive smell; disgusting odor; stench
  • stipulate: specify or arrange in agreement; express demand in agreement; promise in agreement stipulation: provision; an agreement made by parties in a judicial proceeding
  • stitch: sew; knit; fasten or join with or as if with thread
  • stock: certificate for shareholder of corporation; total amount of goods in a shop
  • stomach: principal organ of digestion; abdomen or belly; appetite for food; desire, especially for something difficult
  • stoop: bend forward and down from the waist or the middle of the back
  • storey: story
  • stout: dependable; stocky; euphemisms for fat
  • straightforward: proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank.
  • strain: group of organisms within a species; tension; pressure
  • strait: difficult; stressful; narrow; not broad; tight; close; closely fitting
  • strand: complex of fibers that twisted together to form a cable, rope, thread; land bordering a body of water; single filament
  • strap: belt; band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
  • strategic: important or essential in relation to a plan of action; essential to the effective conduct of war; highly important to an intended objective
  • strategy: elaborate and systematic plan; plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal
  • streak: a line or long mark of a different color from the ground; stripe; vein
  • strengthen: reinforce; fortify; make strong or increase the strength of
  • stress: put special emphasis on; utter with an accent; state of extreme difficulty, pressure, or strain stretch: extend; pull in opposite directions; lie down comfortably
  • stride: step; pace; significant progress
  • strife: act of striving; earnest endeavor; exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts
  • strike: a group’s refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
  • striking: dramatic; outstanding; arresting attention and producing a vivid impression
  • string: lightweight cord; a collection of objects threaded on a single strand; plant fiber
  • strip: remove the surface from
  • stripe: a kind or category; band; ribbon
  • strive: endeavor; struggle or fight forcefully; exert much effort or energy
  • stroke: blow; light touch; sudden loss of consciousness for brain blood vessel lacking oxygen
  • stroll: wander on foot; ramble idly or leisurely
  • structural: of structure; affecting structure; constructional
  • structure: complex construction or entity; complex composition of knowledge
  • stubborn: unreasonably, often perversely unyielding; persistent; difficult to treat
  • studio: workplace for the teaching or practice of an art
  • stuff: unspecified objects; tangible substance
  • stuffy: stout; lacking sufficient ventilation; close; dull and boring
  • stumble: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; walk unsteadily
  • sturdy: robust; strong; substantially made or constructed
  • style: particular kind; a way of expressing something
  • subdue: quiet or bring under control by physical force or persuasion; make less intense; tone down subject: something to be treated; course or area of study
  • subjective: occurring or taking place in person’s mind rather than external world; unreal
  • submarine: submersible warship; move forward or under in a sliding motion; underwater
  • submerge: sink; immerse; put under water
  • submit: refer for judgment or consideration; hand in; present
  • subordinate: occupying lower rank; inferior; submissive
  • subscribe: write underneath, as one’s name; sign to a document; give consent to; promise to give, by writing one’s name with the amount
  • subsequent: following in time or order; succeeding; later
  • subsequently: in a subsequent manner; at a later time; accordingly; therefore
  • subsidiary: subordinate; secondary; serving to assist or supplement
  • substantial: fairly large; in essentials; material; true or real; not imaginary; solidly built
  • substantiate: establish by evidence; make firm or solid; support
  • substitute: exchange; put in the place of another
  • subtle: slight; be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
  • subtract: remove a part from the whole
  • subtraction: reduction; deduction; removing a part from the whole
  • suburb: outskirts; usually residential area or community outlying a city
  • succession: act of succeeding, or following after; following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence
  • successive: consecutive
  • successor: one who or that which succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left
  • suck: draw liquid into mouth; take in; draw something by vacuum
  • suffice: be enough, or sufficient; meet the need; be equal to the end proposed; be adequate; satisfy
  • sufficient: adequate; enough; being as much as is needed
  • suit: meet the requirements of; fit; please; satisfy
  • suitable: appropriate to a purpose or an occasion
  • suitcase: portable rectangular traveling bag for carrying clothes
  • suite: apartment consisting of a series of connected rooms; a matching set of furniture sullen: lonely; solitary; desolate; gloomy; dismal; affected with ill humor sultry: burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot
  • sum: mount or whole of any number of individuals or particulars added together; principal points or thoughts when viewed together; amount
  • summary: brief statement that presents the main points
  • summit: utmost height; highest point of a mountain
  • summon: call, bid, or cite; notify to come to appear; call upon to surrender
  • sunburn: redness of the skin caused by exposure to the rays of the sun
  • sunflower: plant having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays
  • sunlight: rays of the sun
  • sunrise: daily event of the sun rising above the horizon
  • sunset: daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
  • sunshine: moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities; the rays of the sun
  • superb: of unusually high quality; excellent; wonderful
  • superficial: trivial; of little substance; involving a surface only
  • superintendent: director; person who has the authority to supervise or direct; janitor or custodian in a building
  • superior: greater rank or station or quality; excellent
  • supersede: be placed in or take the room of; replace; make obsolete; make void or useless by superior power
  • supersonic: having, caused by, or relating to speed greater than the speed of sound
  • superstition: excessive reverence for, or fear of, that which is unknown or mysterious; worship of a false god; false religion
  • supervise: administer; direct
  • supervision: management by overseeing the performance
  • supervisor: director; overseer; one who is in charge of a particular unit, as in government or school system
  • supplement: add as something seems insufficient; complement; extension; addition
  • supplementary: added to complete or make up a deficiency
  • suppose: imagine or admit to exist; assume to be true; believe; receive as true
  • suppress: put down by force or authority; overwhelm; keep from being revealed
  • supreme: most outstanding; highest; superior
  • surcharge: an additional charge; charge an extra fee
  • surface: exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; outside; outward or external appearance
  • surge: outburst; roll or be tossed about on waves, as a boat
  • surgeon: one who performs manual operations on a patient
  • surgery: medical treatment that involves cutting open a person’s body
  • surmise: guess; infer something without sufficiently conclusive evidence
  • surpass: be or go beyond, as in degree or quality; exceed
  • surplus: remainder; more than is needed; quantity much larger than is needed; remaining
  • surrender: hand over, give up, give something into another’s control
  • survey: poll; detailed critical inspection
  • survival: existence; remaining alive
  • survive: continue to live; endure or last
  • survivor: one who outlives another; one who lives through affliction
  • suspect: have doubts about; distrust
  • suspend: hang freely; postpone; delay
  • suspense: uncertain cognitive state; uncertainty
  • suspicion: mistrust; act of suspecting something, especially something wrong, on little evidence or without proof
  • suspicious: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide; questionable
  • sustain: admit as valid; keep in existence; lengthen or extend in duration or space
  • swallow: take back what one has said ; enclose or envelop completely
  • swamp: low land that is seasonally flooded; low land region saturated with water
  • swarm: dense moving crowd; large group of honeybees
  • sway: swing; move back and forth or sideways; win approval or support for; convince
  • swear: affirm or utter a solemn declaration; make promise or resolve on oath
  • sweater: knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
  • sweep: movement in an arc; clean with a broom; wide scope; winning all
  • swell: bulge; expand abnormally; increase in size; become filled with pride or anger swift: quick; moving or capable of moving with great speed
  • swing: sway or move from one side to another; turn round by wind or tide; be hanged syllable: a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme
  • symbol: sign; something visible to represent something else invisible
  • symbolize: represent; signify; stand for
  • symmetry: arrangement of parts so that balance is obtained; congruity
  • sympathetic: expressing compassion or friendly fellow feelings; approving; having similar disposition and tastes
  • sympathize: be understanding of; feel or express sympathy or compassion
  • sympathy: compassion; pity; concern
  • symphony: large orchestra; harmony, especially of sound or color
  • symposium: collection of writings on a particular topic, as in a magazine; meeting or conference for discussion of a topic; drinking together; merry feast
  • symptom: sign; indication; any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient synonym: two words that can be interchanged in a context
  • synthesis: combining parts into a coherent whole; putting of two or more things together
  • synthetic: artificial; involving or of the nature of synthesis as opposed to analysis system: organized structure for arranging or classifying
  • systematic: ordered; methodical; carried on using step-by-step procedures

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