Vocabulary Words - Fourth Grade - S:

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• saddle
  (n.) A seat that is put on a horse or a vehicle.
  (v.) To put a saddle on a horse.
  
  
• safety
  (n.) The state of being free from danger.
  
  
• sailboat
  (n.) A boat moved by wind power.
  
  
• saucer
  (n.) A small, curved plate.
  (n.) A type of unidentified flying object (UFO).
  
  
• sawmill
  (n.) A factory in which trees are cut up into wood, paper, and other items.
  
  
• scram
  (v.) To leave a place very quickly.
  
  
• scratch
  (v.) To rub your skin with your fingernails because it itches.
  (n.) A small cut or mark.
  
  
• scream
  (v.) To cry out loudly.
  
  
• screech
  (v.) To make a loud, unpleasant noise.
  (n.) A loud, unpleasant noise.
  
  
• screen
  (n.) A large flat white surface that you use to show movies at a theater or in a classroom.
  (n.) A wire net that covers an open door or window.
  
  
• scrub
  (v.) To clean something by rubbing it very hard.
  (v.) To clean something by rubbing it very hard with a brush or cloth.
  
  
• seasick
  (adj.) Feeling sick because of the movement of a boat or ship.
  
  
• season
  (n.) One of the four times of the year, such as spring, summer, autumn, or winter.
  (v.) To add spices to a food.
  
  
• segment
  (n.) A separate part of something.
  (n.) A separate piece of something.
  (n.) A straight line between two points.
  
  
• select
  (v.) To choose, pick.
  (adj.) Of the highest quality.
  
  
• September
  (n.) The nineth month of the year, the month between August and October.
  
  
• serious
  (adj.) Important.
  (adj.) Not funny.
  
  
• serve
  (v.) To act in a duty.
  (v.) To act as a server or servant, usually bringing food.
  (v.) To hit, in tennis or volleyball.
  
  
• settle
  (v.) To end a disagreement or dispute.
  (v.) To move to a place and live there.
  
  
• several
  (adj.) A number of people or things that is more than a few, but not a lot.
  
  
• shall
  (v.) Used in order to say what will happen in the future.
  
  
• shampoo
  (n.) A soap you use to wash your hair.
  (n.) A liquid soap used for washing hair.
  (v.) To wash your hair with special soap.
  
  
• sharpen
  (v.) To make sharp or sharper.
  
  
• shave
  (v.) To cut off your hair close to the skin.
  
  
• shawl
  (n.) A square piece of material that women wear on their heads or shoulders.
  
  

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