| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 550 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| start | noun | The noise gave us a start. | scare |
| noun | The start of the race will be soon. | beginning | |
| noun | The start of our company was unique. | origin | |
| startle | verb | Be careful not to startle the birds. | frighten |
| verb | The gunshot startled me. | alarmed | |
| starve | verb | During a famine many will starve. | hunger |
| state | noun | The state must be sovereign. | nation |
| noun | He is in a bad state of mind. | mood | |
| verb | Please state your business. | explain | |
| statement | noun | He read a statement to the press. | announcement |
| noun | We got a statement of our account. | invoice | |
| statesman | noun | America has had many good statesmen. | political leaders |
| station | noun | We listened to the radio station. | transmitter |