singular a. 異常的, 單一的
sinister a. 不吉祥的, 險惡的
sinuous a. 彎彎曲曲的 (sinuous<>direct)
sip v. 小口喝 (swill/quaff:sip=gobble:nibble=stride:mince)
siren n. 汽笛, 迷人的海妖 (siren:sound=beacon:light) (siren:unresist=juggernaut:unstop)
skeleton n. 骨架, 提綱 (skeleton:animal=framing:building)
skeptic n. 懷疑者 (penitent:obdurate=skeptic:credulous) (skepticism<>conviction)
sketchy a. 寫生的, 概略的
skimpy a. 吝嗇的 (parsimonious:skimp=malingering:shirk)
skinflint n. 吝嗇鬼 (gourmand:appetite=skinflint:thrift)
skirmish n. 小衝突 (skirmish:insignificance=duel決鬥:formality正式的)
skirt v. 回避, 位於邊緣 (skirt<>seek/face/pass the center directly)
skit n. 滑稽短劇 (vignette:scene=skit:drama)
skittish a. 易受驚嚇的, 多變的
slab n. 厚片 (slab<>sliver)
slack a. 鬆弛的, 緩慢的 (slacken:tension=blunt:sharpness)
slake v. 解渴, 平息 (gratify:desire=slake:thirst=satiate:hunger)
slant v. 偏袒, 歪斜 (slant<>assert without bias)
slapdash a. 隨便的, 懶散的 (slapdash/haphazard/slipshod<>neat/fastidious)
slate n. 候選人名單, 石板 (roster:personnel=slate:candidate)
slew n. 大量, 旋轉 (slew<>paucity/limited quantity)
slick a. 光滑的, 機伶的 (viscid<>slick)
slight a. 輕微的, 怠慢 (slight<>grievous/prodigious/ponderous/massive) (cosset<>slight)
sling n. 吊帶 (splint:immobilize=sling:support)
slink v. 潛行, 溜走, 動物的早產
slippery a. 光滑的 (dingy:glisten=slippery:adhere) (splint:mobility=ballast:instability=purchase:slippery)
slipshod a. 懶散的 (slipshod<>painstaking/assiduous/punctilious)
sliver n. 薄片 (slab<>sliver)
sloppy a. 懶散的 (natty<>sloppy/slovenly)
sloth n. 懶散 (rakish:restraint=slothful:assiduity)
slouch a. 懶散的 (slouch<>stand erect)
slough v. 脫皮 (molt:bird=slough:snake)
sloven a. 懶散的 (indulged:adherent=slovenly:dapper) (natty<>sloppy/slovenly)
sluggard n. 懶人
sluggish a. 懶散的 (alacrity<>sluggish)
slumber n. 睡眠 (slumber<>awake)
slump v. 下跌 (slump<>surge/boom)
slur n. 含糊的發音, 連音符, 誹謗 (slur:speech=smudge:writing) (slur<>pronounce clearly)
slush n. 融雪, 泥濘 (soil:mud=snow:slush)
sly a. 狡猾的 (sly<>artless/ingenuous)
smarmy a. 虛情假意的 (smarmy<>earnest)
smart v. 刺痛, 伶俐的, 整潔的 (smart:pain=grieve:sorrow) (smart<>soothe) (tatty<>smart)
smattering n. 一知半解 (erudite<>smattering of knowledge)
smirk v. 得意地笑 (smirk:smugness=sneer:derision)
smother v. 窒息 (smother:choke=??)
smug n. 自鳴得意的 (primp:vain=gloat:smug)
smuggle v. 走私 (collude:cooperate=smuggle:convey)
snail n. 動作遲緩的人, 蝸牛
snare v. 誘捕 (snare<>boo)
snarl v. 糾纏, 狂吠 (exoneration:blame=disentangle:snarl) (disentangle<>snarl) (snarler<>coo咕咕聲)
snatch n. 搶奪, 片刻 (supplant:replace=snatch:take)
sneer n. 冷笑, 輕蔑 (smirk:smugness=sneer:derision)
snob n. 汲汲營營者 (attentive:officious=refined:snobbish)
snub v. 無禮, 冷落 (dissemble:honesty=snub:politeness) (court<>snub)
soak v. 浸泡, 溼透 (castigation:reproof=soaking:damp)
sober a. 穩重的, 樸實的, 節制的 (sober<>trepidation/frivolous/flippancy/puckish)
sobriety n. 節制, 冷靜 (flippancy/sumptuous<>sobriety)
sodden a. 濕透的 (marsh:sodden=desert:arid) (moist:sodden=surprised:astonished)
solace v. 安慰, 緩和 (solace:grief=pacification:anger)
solder v. 焊接 (breach<>solder)
solemn a. 莊嚴的 (jest<>solemnity) (dirge:solemn=polemic:contentious)
solicit n. 乞求, 懇求 (Interrogate:information=solicit:donation)
solicitous a. 熱切掛念的 (solicitous<>unconcerned)
solidify v. 鞏固 (pulverize<>solidify)
soliloquy n. 獨白 (soliloquy:play=aria:opera)
solitude n. 獨處 (recluse:solitude=toady:favor)
solvent n. 溶劑, 有償付能力的 (solvent<>precipitant) (profligate:solvent=mercurial:committed)
somatic a. 肉體的 (somatic<>nonphysical)
somber a. 憂鬱的 (droll/cherubic<>somber)
somnolence n. 嗜睡 (ennui:enthusiastic=somnolence:alert)
sonata n. 奏鳴曲 (dessert:meal=epilogue:play=coda:sonata)
sonnet n. 十四行詩 (sonnet:verse monger=painting:daubster)
soothe v. 撫慰 (smart/vex<>soothe)
sop n. 巴結用物品 (sop:conciliatory=subsidy:supportive)
sophism n. 詭辯 (sophism:reasoning=counterfeit:money)
sophistication n. 精明 (ingenue:sophistication=cynic:trustfulness)
sophomoric a. 大二學生的, 一知半解的, 傲慢的
soporific a. 催眠的 (soporific:sleep=vaccinating:immunity) (soporific<>exhilarating/stimulant)
sordid a. 骯髒的 (sordid<>wholesome/noble)
sound a. 穩固的, 健康的 (ramshackle:soundness=garbled:clarity)
sparse a. 稀疏的, 薄的 (sparse<>copious/rife)
spartan a. 極簡樸的 (imperial:significant=spartan:austere)
spat n. 小爭吵 (cabal:association=spat:quarrel)
spate n. 大量, 泛濫 (spate<>dearth/trickling flow)
spatula n. 抹刀 (scoop:concave=spatula:flat)
spear n. 矛 (shield:shaft/spear=earplug:noise)
specialize v. 專門研究
speciman n. 標本, 樣品 (specimen:dissect=sentence:parse)
specious a. 華而不實的, 似是而非的 (specious<>valid) (specious:genuineness=illusory:reality)
speck n. 少量 (mite:creature=speck:amount)
spectator n. 觀眾, 旁觀者 (epicure:discriminating=spectator:watching)
spectrum n. 光譜 (color:spectrum=tone:scale)
speculate v. 猜測, 思索 (conjecture<>restrain from the speculation)
spell n. 換班休息, 工作時間
spelunker n. 探勘洞穴者 (cavern:spelunker=ocean:diver)
spendthrift n. 浪費的人 (craven:hero=parsimonious:spendthrift)
spent a. 失去效用的, 精疲力竭的 (precarious:stability=spent:efficacy)
spindle a. 紡錘形的, 細長的
spindly a. 纖弱的 (limber:flexibility=spindly:frailty)
spine n. 有骨氣, 脊椎, 刺
spiny a. 多刺的 (spiny<>smooth)
spire a. 尖塔 (spire:church=minaret:mosque)
spleen n. 怨恨, 脾氣 (spleen<>good will)
splint n. 固定斷骨的夾板 (buttress:edifice=splint:limb) (splint:mobility=ballast:instability=purchase:slippery)
splinter n. 碎片
spoil v. 溺愛
spoke n. 車輪上的幅條, 阻礙物 (spoke:hub=radius:center)
spontaneous a. 一時衝動的, 自發的 (juggernaut:unstoppable=extemporization:spontaneous)
spoof n. 小諷刺文章 (ode:poetry=nicety:distinction=spoof:parody)
sporadic a. 零星不定發生的 (sporadic<>frequent/chronic/regular)
sprain n. 扭傷 (sprain:injure=cold:contagion傳染病)
sprightly a. 愉快的, 活潑的 (dodder:unsteady=cavort:sprightly)
spring v. 跳起, 彈開 (crouch:spring=hover:plunge)
spur v. 鼓勵, 刺激 (deter<>spur)
spurious a. 假的 (spurious<>genuine)
spurn v. 拒絕, 稟棄 (spurn<>court/crave/embrace)
squabble n. 小爭吵 (tiff < squabble < quarrel)
squalid/squalor a. 骯髒的 (squalor<>immaculate/salubrious/pristine/splendor)
squall n. 小騷亂 (squall:commotion=flash:illumination)
squander v. 浪費, 使分散 (proctor:supervise=prodigal浪費者:squander)
squat a. 矮壯結實的 (squat<>tall and thin)
squelch n. 壓制, 鎮壓 (foment/kindle<>squelch)
squint v. 斜視 (squint:eye=pucker:mouth)
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