| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 527 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| slender | adj. | She was a slender young lady. | thin |
| adj. | You have a slender chance of success. | slight | |
| slice | noun | He cut the melon and gave us a slice. | piece |
| slide | noun | The truck was stopped after a slide. | skid |
| verb | We will slide into a ditch on the ice. | slip | |
| noun | The slide blocked the road. | landslide | |
| slight | adj. | He had only a slight chance of success. | meager |
| adj. | She made a slight miscalculation. | insignificant | |
| slim | adj. | His chances are slim. | remote |
| adj. | She had a slim figure. | svelte | |
| slip | verb | She slipped on the ice. | stumbled |
| verb | She slipped out of class. | sneaked | |
| noun | It was a slip of the tongue. | blunder | |