| Vocabulary Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| sit | to be on a chair or seat |
| site | an area of ground where a building is, or will be built |
| situation | the place or position of something. The same word also means a job |
| size | the amount of space something takes up |
| skate | a metal blade or wheels fastened on a shoe, so that you can move quickly and smoothly on ice or a flat surface. The same word also means a large flat fish with very wide fins |
| skeleton | all the bones inside your body |
| sketch | a rough quick drawing |
| ski | (say skee) to move quickly over hard snow on two long pieces of wood called skis, which are fastened to your boots |
| skid | to slide sideways, as a car sometimes does on wet or icy roads |
| skilful | clever; able to do something well |
| skill | cleverness; the ability to do something well |
| skim | to glide quickly over the surface of something. The same word also means to take the cream off the top of the milk |
| skin | the outside covering of your body |
| skip | to jump up and down on one leg at a time, often over a rope. The same word also means to leave out something, like skipping dull parts of a book |
| skipper | the captain of a ship |
| skirt | the bony part of your head |
| sky | the air above you that you see when you look up out of doors |
| skylark | a lark, a small bird which sings when it is flying very high up in the air |
| skyscraper | a very tall building |
| slab | a thick slice |
| slack | loose; not tightly stretched. The same word also means not busy |
| slam | to shut or bang something with a loud noise |
| slanting | not straight; up and down; sloping |
| slap | to hit with the palm of the hand |
| slash | to make long cuts in something, sometimes violently |
| slate | a kind of stone used for roofs |
| slaughter | killing of animals, usually for food: a terrible killing of one person or great numbers of people |
| slaughter-house | a place where animals are killed for the market |
| slave | someone who is not free because he is owned by another person and has to work for him |
| slavery | bondage, drudgery, Servitude |
| slay | to kill |
| sled | a vehicle with metal or wooden runners, that moves easily over snow-covered ground |
| sledge | a sled |
| sleek | smooth and shiny, like the coat of a horse which has been well fed and cared for |
| sleep | you sleep when you are not awake |
| sleet | rain mixed with snow or hail |
| sleeve | the part of your clothes that covers your arm |
| sleeveless | without sleeves |
| sleigh | a large sled, usually pulled by horse |
| slender | slim; narrow; not looking strong or heavy |
| slice | a flat piece cut from something, like a slice of bread or cake |
| slide | to move smoothly down or along on something |
| slight | small in quantity or importance; slim or slender |
| slightly | by a small amount |
| slim | thin; narrow; not fat |
| slime | thin slippery mud or dirt |
| sling | a piece of leather used for throwing stones: a piece of cloth tied around your neck and shoulder to hold up a broken or injured arm |
| slip | to slide when you do not mean to, the same word also means to move away quickly and quietly |
| slipper | a soft shoe you wear indoors |
| slippery | smooth on the surface so that you slip in walking, as on ice or thin mud |
Stressed and Unstressed
In English sentences content words are stressed while structural words are generally not.