| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 559 | |||
| 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 |