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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 287 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| suspicious | adj. | He had a suspicious nature. | skeptical |
| sustain | verb | The food will sustain us for today. | nourish |
| verb | Can he sustain that pace of work? | endure | |
| swallow | verb | You must swallow the pills with water. | ingest |
| swamp | noun | The army marched through the swamp. | marsh |
| swarm | noun | A swarm of bees landed in the tree. | colony |
| noun | A swarm of people followed him. | crowd | |
| sway | verb | The car swayed going around the curve. | wobbled |
| swear | verb | You must swear allegiance. | pledge |
| verb | Do not swear at the driver. | curse | |
| sweat | noun | Sweat was pouring off his brow. | perspiration |
| verb | We will sweat it out of him. | grind | |
| sweater | noun | He wore a blue sweater. | pullover |
| sweep | verb | She sweeps the floor every day. | cleans |
| verb | The plague swept Europe. | ranged throughout | |
| sweet | adj. | She was a sweet girl. | lovable |
| noun | They all ate some sweets. | candy | |
| adj. | We ate some sweet pudding. | sugary | |
| swell | verb | The rice swelled when it got wet. | expanded |
| swift | adj. | He gave a swift report. | quick |
| swim | noun | We are going for a swim today. | play in water |
| verb | His head was swimming. | dizzy | |
| swing | verb | The sign swings in the wind. | sways |
| verb | The batter swings the bat at the ball. | waves | |
| noun | He took a swing at the policeman. | swipe | |
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