| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 508 | ||||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym | |
| shady | adj. | adj. | He was involved in a shady deal. | dishonest |
| shaft | noun | The shaft was turning slowly. | power train | |
| noun | The mine shaft was deserted. | cavity | ||
| shake | verb | We will shake his hand. | clasp | |
| verb | He did shake his fist at us. | brandish | ||
| verb | We could not shake his determination. | elude | ||
| shall | verb | I shall be 30 tomorrow. | simple futurity | |
| verb | He shall answer for that. | shows resolve | ||
| shallow | adj. | It was buried in a shallow hole. | not deep | |
| adj. | It was a shallow promise. | frivolous | ||
| noun | We swam in the shallows. | part not deep | ||
| sham | noun | The attempt at honesty was a sham. | fraudulent | |
| noun | The machinery shown was a sham. | false or empty | ||