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5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 288 |
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| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| Swiss | noun | The Swiss are a neutral nation. | from Switzerland |
| switch | noun | Turn on the light switch. | lever |
| noun | We made a switch in the books. | exchange | |
| verb | She switched the dresses. | swapped | |
| verb | He switched on the light. | turned | |
| sword | noun | Swords were used in warfare. | cutlass |
| symbol | noun | O is the symbol for oxygen. | character |
| sympathetic | adj. | He's sympathetic to our cause. | friendly |
| sympathize | verb | We sympathize with her grief. | understand |
| sympathy | noun | Our sympathy is with the widow. | understanding |
| symphony | noun | They played the fifth symphony. | long sonata |
| symptom | noun | Itching is a symptom of the disease. | indication |
| synthesis | noun | The synthesis of chemicals is complex. | formation |
| synthetic | adj. | It was a synthetic material. | manmade |
| system | noun | The economic system is not well. | structure |
| noun | They had a system to protect the house. | plan | |
| systematic | adj. | We need a systematic approach. | methodical |
| table | noun | The food was on the table. | stand |
| noun | The table of figures was convincing. | chart | |
| tablet | noun | We each got a tablet of paper. | pad |
| noun | The doctor gave me some tablets. | pills | |
| tackle | verb | We will tackle the work in the morning. | attempt |
| noun | We each had some fishing tackle. | gear | |
| tact | noun | You need tact in my job. | diplomacy |
| tactics | noun | His tactics won him the war. | plan |
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