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Every English word from the Akshara word game with its everyday meaning — the same reviewed definitions players see at the end of each level. Part 28 of 36 · 8,840 words in total.
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- scourge
- a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
- scout
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- scrap
- the act of fighting
- scrape
- an indication of damage
- scrappy
- full of fighting spirit
- scraps
- food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
- scratch
- an indication of damage
- scream
- a joke that seems extremely funny
- screen
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight
- screw
- a metal fastener with a spiral thread
- scribe
- a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut
- script
- a particular orthography or writing system
- scrub
- the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
- scrum
- (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms
- scuba
- a device (trade name Aqua-Lung) that lets divers breathe under water
- scum
- a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
- sea
- a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- seafood
- edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
- seagull
- mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- seal
- any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed
- sealed
- (of walls) covered with a coat of plaster
- sealing
- the act of treating something to make it repel water
- seam
- joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces
- seaman
- a man who serves as a sailor
- search
- an investigation seeking answers
- seaside
- the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort
- season
- one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
- seat
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
- seated
- (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
- seating
- the service of ushering people to their seats
- seats
- an area that includes places where several people can sit
- seattle
- a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington
- seaweed
- plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
- sec
- an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors
- second
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- secret
- something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
- sect
- a subdivision of a larger religious group
- section
- the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
- sector
- measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end
- secular
- someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
- secure
- make certain of
- sedan
- a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors
- seduce
- lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct
- see
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
- seed
- the small hard part of a plant from which a new plant grows
- seeing
- normal use of the faculty of vision
- seek
- the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk
- seeking
- an attempt to acquire or gain something
- seem
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- seer
- an authoritative person who divines the future
- seine
- a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top and weights at the bottom
- seize
- capture the attention or imagination of
- seizure
- the taking possession of something by legal process
- seldom
- not often
- self
- your consciousness of your own identity
- selfish
- concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
- sell
- the activity of persuading someone to buy
- selling
- the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money
- selma
- a town in central Alabama on the Alabama river
- semi
- a trailer having wheels only in the rear
- seminal
- containing seeds of later development
- seminar
- a course offered for a small group of advanced students
- sen
- a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia
- senate
- assembly possessing high legislative powers
- senator
- a member of a senate
- send
- broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television
- sender
- set used to broadcast radio or tv signals
- sending
- the act of causing something to go (especially messages)
- seneca
- the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca
- senegal
- a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic
- senior
- a person who is older than you are
- sens
- street names for marijuana
- sense
- sound practical judgment
- sensed
- detected by instinct or inference rather than by recognized perceptual cues
- sensor
- any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner
- sensory
- involving or derived from the senses
- sensual
- pleasing to the physical senses
- sent
- 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia
- seoul
- the capital of South Korea and the largest city of Asia
- sep
- the month following August and preceding October
- sepsis
- the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues
- sept
- people descended from a common ancestor
- sequel
- a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
- serb
- a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- serbia
- a historical region in central and northern Yugoslavia
- serbian
- a member of a Slavic people who settled in Serbia and neighboring areas in the 6th and 7th centuries
- serge
- a twilled woolen fabric
- serial
- a periodical that appears at scheduled times
- series
- a number of similar things coming one after another
- serious
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- sermon
- a moralistic rebuke
- serpent
- limbless scaly elongate reptile
- serum
- an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates out when blood coagulates
- servant
- a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
- serve
- to give food or help to someone
- server
- utensil used in serving food or drink
- service
- the performance of duties by a waiter or servant
- serving
- the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone
- sesame
- East Indian annual erect herb
- session
- a meeting devoted to a particular activity
- set
- several exercises intended to be done in series
- setback
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes
- seth
- evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout
- setting
- arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted
- settle
- a long wooden bench with a back
- settled
- not changeable
- settler
- a person who settles in a new colony or moves into new country
- setup
- an act that incriminates someone on a false charge
- seven
- one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face
- seventh
- the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it
- seventy
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven
- sever
- cut off from a whole
- severe
- causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm
- severed
- detached by cutting
- severn
- a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel
- sevilla
- a city in southwestern Spain
- sew
- fasten by sewing
- seward
- United States politician who as Secretary of State in 1867 arranged for the purchase of Alaska from Russia (known at the time as Seward's Folly) (1801-1872)
- sewer
- a waste pipe that carries away sewage or surface water
- sewing
- joining or attaching by stitches
- sewn
- fastened with stitches
- sexism
- discriminatory or abusive behavior towards members of the opposite sex
- sexist
- a man with a chauvinistic belief in the inferiority of women
- sexton
- an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
- seymour
- Queen of England as the third wife of Henry VIII and mother of Edward VI (1509-1537)
- shabby
- mean and unworthy and despicable
- shack
- small crude shelter used as a dwelling
- shade
- protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight
- shaded
- protected from heat and light with shade or shadow
- shades
- spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun
- shading
- a gradation involving small or imperceptible differences between grades
- shadow
- refuge from danger or observation
- shadowy
- filled with shade
- shady
- filled with shade
- shaft
- the hollow spine of a feather
- shag
- a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn
- shaggy
- having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags
- shah
- title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
- shake
- causing to move repeatedly from side to side
- shaken
- disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock
- shaker
- a container in which something can be shaken
- shaking
- the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements
- shaky
- not secure
- shale
- a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay
- shallow
- a stretch of shallow water
- sham
- something that is a counterfeit
- shaman
- in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds
- shame
- an unfortunate development
- shamed
- suffering shame
- shampoo
- the act of washing your hair with shampoo
- shan
- a branch of the Tai languages
- shank
- a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball
- shannon
- United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001)
- shape
- the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
- shaped
- shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a pliable mass (as by work or effort)
- shaping
- the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
- shard
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
- share
- the part played by a person in bringing about a result
- shared
- distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
- sharia
- the code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed
- sharing
- a distribution in shares
- shark
- any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- sharp
- a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point
- sharpen
- put (an image) into focus
- sharper
- a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
- sharply
- in an aggressive manner
- shatter
- break into many pieces
- shave
- the act of removing hair with a razor
- shaved
- having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin
- shaving
- the act of brushing against while passing
- shaw
- British playwright (born in Ireland)
- shawl
- cloak consisting of an oblong piece of cloth used to cover the head and shoulders
- shawn
- United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972)
- shay
- a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top
- shear
- a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it
- sheath
- a dress suitable for formal occasions
- shed
- an outbuilding with a single story
- sheen
- the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
- sheep
- woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat
- sheer
- cause to sheer
- sheet
- a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel
- sheik
- a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
- sheikh
- the leader of an Arab village or family
- shelf
- a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
- shelter
- a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger
- shepard
- astronaut who made the first United States' suborbital rocket-powered flight in 1961 (1923-1998)
- sheriff
- the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
- sherman
- a town in northeastern Texas near the Oklahoma border
- sherry
- dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere
- shia
- one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
- shield
- hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
- shift
- the act of changing one thing or position for another
- shifter
- a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
- shin
- the front part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle
- shine
- the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light
- ship
- a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- shipper
- a company in the business of shipping freight
- shire
- British breed of large heavy draft horse
- shirt
- a garment worn on the upper half of the body
- shiv
- a knife used as a weapon
- shiva
- the destroyer
- shiver
- a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
- shock
- a reflex response to the passage of electric current through the body
- shocked
- struck with fear, dread, or consternation
- shocker
- a sensational message (in a film or play or novel)
- shoddy
- reclaimed wool fiber
- shoe
- a restraint provided when the brake linings are moved hydraulically against the brake drum to retard the wheel's rotation
- shoes
- a particular situation
- shook
- a disassembled barrel
- shoot
- the act of shooting at targets
- shooter
- a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles
- shop
- a course of instruction in a trade (as carpentry or electricity)
- shopper
- someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy
- shore
- a beam or timber that is propped against a structure to provide support
- short
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
- shorten
- edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate
- shortly
- in the near future
- shorts
- underpants worn by men
- shot
- the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- shotgun
- firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
- shout
- a loud utterance
- shouted
- in a vehement outcry
- shove
- the act of shoving (giving a push to someone or something)
- shovel
- a machine for excavating
- show
- the act of publicly exhibiting or entertaining
- shower
- washing yourself by standing upright under water sprayed from a nozzle
- showing
- something shown to the public
- shred
- a small piece of cloth or paper
- shrewd
- marked by practical hardheaded intelligence
- shrimp
- small slender-bodied chiefly marine decapod crustaceans with a long tail and single pair of pincers
- shrink
- a physician who specializes in psychiatry
- shroud
- burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
- shrub
- a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
- shrug
- a gesture involving the shoulders
- shudder
- an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear)
- shuffle
- walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
- shun
- avoid and stay away from deliberately
- shut
- move so that an opening or passage is obstructed
- shutout
- a defeat in a game where one side fails to score
- shutter
- a hinged blind for a window
- shuttle
- bobbin that passes the weft thread between the warp threads
- shy
- a quick throw
- siam
- a country of southeastern Asia that extends southward along the Isthmus of Kra to the Malay Peninsula
- siberia
- a vast Asian region of Russia
- sic
- urge to attack someone
- sichuan
- a populous province of south central China
- sicily
- the largest island in the Mediterranean
- sick
- people who are sick
- side
- an extended outer surface of an object
- sidebar
- a short news story presenting sidelights on a major story