5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 492
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Word
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Type
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Used in a Sentence
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Synonym
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save
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verb
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We must save the water until later.
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keep
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saving
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noun
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The saving of the children was hard.
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rescue
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noun
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We lost all of our savings.
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money
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saw
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noun
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He used a saw to cut the tree.
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wood cutting tool
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verb
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He sawed the board in three pieces.
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cut
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say
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verb
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Listen to what he will say.
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speak
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verb
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He will now say grace.
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express
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verb
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They say he's from New York.
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allege
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verb
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Let's say she is right.
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suppose
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scale
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noun
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Fish have scales on the body.
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armor
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noun
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She weighed the apples with a scale.
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balance stick
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noun
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On a scale of 1 to 10, he's a 9.
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range
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noun
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The boiler was filled with scale.
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corrosion
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