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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 273 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| spot | verb | His pants were spotted with food. | stained |
| verb | He spotted the thief in the crowd. | located | |
| spray | verb | They sprayed the crops for insects. | put mist on |
| noun | The spray from the ocean got us wet. | mist | |
| spread | verb | They spread the sand on the icy highway. | scattered |
| noun | There's a huge spread of land for sale. | expanse | |
| spring | noun | Flowers come out in the Spring. | after winter |
| noun | We get our water from a spring. | wellhead | |
| noun | He got to his feet with a spring. | bound | |
| verb | Hope springs from faith. | issues | |
| verb | We'll spring the surprise on him today. | bring forth | |
| sprinkle | noun | There's a sprinkle of rain today. | mist |
| spur | verb | We tried to spur on his work. | speed up |
| spy | noun | He was a spy for another country. | agent |
| verb | We shall spy on their project. | peek | |
| square | noun | We met at the main square in the city. | plaza |
| noun | We each had a square of chocolate. | block | |
| verb | That does not square with the facts. | correspond | |
| verb | We need to square the accounts. | settle | |
| adj. | We gave him a square deal. | straightforward | |
| squash | verb | We shall squash any attempt to mutiny. | suppress |
| squat | verb | He squatted because there was no chair. | crouched |
| squeeze | noun | We put the squeeze on him. | extortion |
| verb | She squeezed each peach before buying. | pinched | |
| squirrel | noun | The squirrel ran up the tree. | type of rodent |
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