| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| scale | one of the small horny flakes that cover the skin of snakes and fishes. The same word also means a set of notes in music |
| scales | a weighing machine |
| scar | the mark left on your skin after a sore or wound has healed |
| scarce | not enough; difficult to find |
| scarcely | hardly; not quite |
| scarcity | a very small supply of something, so that there is not enough to go round |
| scare | afraid |
| scarecrow | something, usually like the dummy figure of a man, which is put in a field to frighten the birds away from the crops |
| scarf | a long thick piece of material you wear to keep your neck warm |
| scarlet | bright red |
| scatter | to throw things around in all directions, like scattering bread crumbs on the ground for birds to eat |
| scene | a view; the place where something happens: part of a play |
| scenery | what you see when you look around you, such as hills and fields and trees in the country. The same word also means the painted curtains and other things used on a stage to make it look like a real place |
| scent | a smell. The same word also means a liquid with a sweet pleasant smell; a perfume |
| sceptre | a rod or staff, usually of gold or silver, carried by a king or queen at ceremonies |
| scheme | a combination of things adjusted by design, a system, project, diagram |
| scholar | a person who studies; a pupil or student |
| scholarship | knowledge or learning. The same word also means a sum of money given to a student each year because of his good word, so that he can afford to go on studying |
| school | a place where people go to learn |
| schooner | a large sailing ship |
| science | knowledge go by careful study and testing of things, often to do with nature. Chemistry is a natural science |
| scientific | to do with science. When you study chemistry you do scientific experiments |
| scientist | someone who finds out why things happen on in middle |
| scoop | a tool shaped like a deep shovel, that is used to dig up earth or sand. Small scoops are used to measure out dry foods, such as sugar, shelled nuts and flour |
| scoot | to move away quickly |
| scooter | a small two-wheeled vehicle, moved by pushing with one foot or by an engine |
| scorch | to burn slightly; to dry up with heat. Anything that has been scorched turns a yellowy-brown colour |
| score | the number of point, goals or marks you get in a game or examination |
| scorn | to dislike utterly, to think that something or someone is not worth bethering about, or no good |
| scout | someone sent to spy on the enemy: a member of the Boy Scouts |
| scowl | to frown |
| scramble | to climb up on rough ground, usually using your hands and feet |
| scrap | a small piece of something. The same word also means to quarrel or fight |
| scrape | to rub against something with a rough or sharp edge |
| scratch | a mark made with something sharp. The same word also means to scrape with fingernails or claws |
| scrawl | to write in an untidy way that is not easy to read |
| scream | a very loud high-pitched cry of surprise, pain or fear |
| screech | a piercing scream |
| screen | a light-weight wall that you can move about. The same word also means what a television or cinema picture is shown on |
| screw | a special kind of thick nail with grooves. You turn it round and round with tool called a screw-driver to make it go into wood |
| scribble | to write in a careless and untidy way |
| script | handwriting, or printing that looks like handwriting |
| scrub | to rub something, usually with a brush, to get it clean |
| scullery | a small room next to the kitchen, where rough kitchen work is done |
| sculpture | the art of carving stone and wood, or modelling clay or metal into statues and beautiful designs |
| scurry | to hurry along in a bustling way |
| sea | the salty water that covers parts of the earth where there is no land |
| sea lion | a large kind of seal. The male makes a roaring noise, like a lion |
| seagull | a sea bird, usually coloured grey and white. It makes a loud screeching sound |
| seahorse | a pretty little sea animal with no legs. Its body ends in a curly tail to help it swim along in an upright position |
Defining relative clause
When a clause defines the noun it qualifies it is known as a defining relative clause.