| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 536 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| sophisticated | adj. | It was a sophisticated approach. | advanced |
| adj. | She was a sophisticated lady. | cultured | |
| sore | adj. | He had a sore throat. | painful |
| noun | She had a sore on her hand. | wound | |
| sorrow | noun | Her sorrow is understandable. | grief |
| sorry | adj. | It is a sorry situation we have here. | deplorable |
| adj. | She's sorry for what she had done. | remorseful | |
| sort | noun | He is the sort of person you can trust. | type |
| verb | We sorted out the problems carefully. | classified | |
| verb | She was out of sorts today. | irritable | |
| soul | noun | You can kill my body but not my soul. | spirit |
| noun | This is the very soul of the problem. | heart | |
| noun | There wasn't a soul in sight. | person | |