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genetic code of the virus suspected of causing Severe Acute Respiratory

Syndrome( SARS).

scar Will the cut leave a scar?

scenario The old writer shaped the folktale into a film scenario.

scorn You've no right to scorn a poor girl.

scrutiny His actions do not bear scrutiny.

secrecy The diplomat was sent on a mission of great secrecy.

segregation This pattern of human rights violations against enslaved

African-Americans continued under racial segregation for nearly another

century.

seniority Should promotion be through merit or seniority?

sensitivity One of the side effects of the drug is increased sensitivity to sunlight. ⑩

sentiment Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world

weigh less than a single lovely action.

setback This is the major setback to our hopes of reaching an agreement.

shrewd They believe the shrewd boy will win the maths contest.

signify Do dark clouds signify rain?

sizable A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. snatch The policeman seized the thief who snatched the girl's purse.

sparkle You can see the diamonds sparkling under the bright lights.

specification This is a specification for building a garage.

speculative But last week the New Zealand Life Sciences Network accused Ingham of

“presenting inaccurate, careless and exaggerated information” and

“generating speculative doomsday scenarios(世界末日的局面)that are not

scientifically supportable”.

staple The letter was stapled to the other documents in the file.

stationary He remained stationary so as not to be seen.

stern The workers held a strike to protest the boss' stern request.

stockholder The stockholders of Phoenix TV are optimistic about the company's future. subordinate In her book, she subordinates this issue to more general problems. subsidy Can I apply for the unemployment subsidy when I have no job?

summon I was summoned by my boss to explain my actions yesterday.

superiority No one doubts the superiority of modern ways of traveling over those of

old times.

symmetrical The human face is more or less symmetrical.

symposium The symposium on language teaching will be held next Sunday.

tangle He got into an awful tangle with his homework, and had to ask me to help. temperament actors often display a lot of temperament.

tentative The conservative researcher only made a tentative conclusion for his study. threshold She stood on the threshold for a minute then rang the door bell.

tragic The tragic accident caused by gas leak took the whole family lives.

trivial The development of e-insurance in China's insurance market is similar to that of

Europe: both are in the infant stage and the on-line business takes only a

trivial market share.