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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 280 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| stray | adj. | It was a stray cat. | homeless |
| stream | noun | We drank at a small stream. | creek |
| noun | There was a steady stream of people. | flow | |
| verb | They streamed onto the playing field. | poured | |
| street | noun | There were many cars on the street. | road |
| strength | noun | His strength was well-known. | power |
| noun | He had the strength to persevere. | fortitude | |
| strengthen | verb | We need to strengthen our army. | reinforce |
| stress | noun | The stress of the job was high. | pressure |
| verb | He stressed the reason for promptness. | emphasized | |
| stretch | verb | We tried to stretch the food to last. | extend |
| verb | He worked 12 hours at a stretch. | time | |
| strict | adj. | He was a strict teacher. | exacting |
| adj. | It was a strict punishment. | severe | |
| stride | verb | She strode into the room. | walked |
| noun | He took things in his stride. | pace | |
| strife | noun | There was internal strife in the group. | conflict |
| strike | noun | The strike lasted for six weeks. | walkout |
| verb | I saw her strike him twice. | hit | |
| verb | Strike that from the record. | remove | |
| verb | We hope we will strike oil. | discover | |
| striking | adj. | It was a striking contrast. | extraordinary |
| string | noun | I tied the package with string. | twine |
| noun | A strange string of events occurred. | series | |
| verb | He tried to string them together. | chain | |
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