| 5000 Vocabulary List for Visiting Scholars in the USA - Page 539 | |||
| Word | Type | Used in a Sentence | Synonym |
| space | verb | You must space out your children. | spread |
| spaceship | noun | The spaceship will go to Mars. | rocket |
| spacious | adj. | It was a very spacious house. | roomy |
| spade | noun | He dug it up with a spade. | shovel |
| span | noun | He did it over a span of three years. | period |
| Spanish | noun | The Spanish explored much of the world. | people from Spain |
| spare | adj. | He had a spare pencil. | extra |
| verb | The King spared the man's life. | saved | |
| spark | noun | A spark started the forest fire. | ember |
| verb | The idea sparked more ideas from them. | inspired | |
| sparkle | verb | The lights sparkled in the night. | twinkled |
| sparrow | noun | Sparrows are one of the common birds. | type of bird |
| speak | verb | They asked him to speak to the group. | lecture |