4000 Eiken Vocabulary List

sabotage:
v. destroy property or hinder normal operations

sac:
n. pouch or pouch-like structure in a plant or an animal, sometimes filled with fluid

sack:
n. bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases; enclosed space

sacred:
a. concerned with religion; worthy of respect or dedication

sacrifice:
n. the offering of something to god; victim offered to God; surrender or loss of profit for higher object

saddle:
v. load or burden; put harness onto animal's back to ride

sake:
n. purpose; reason for wanting something done

salient:
a. prominent or protruding; projecting outwardly; moving by leaps or springs

saline:
a. salty; containing salt; of or relating to chemical salts

salinity:
n. the relative proportion of salt in a solution; the taste experience when salt is taken into the mouth

saliva:
n. the liquid that is produced naturally in the mouth

salmon:
n. several species of fish of the Salmonidae family; reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon

saltiness:
n. property of containing salt

sample:
n. a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

sanctuary:
n. place of refuge or asylum; shrine; holy places, such as a church, temple, or mosque

sandy:
a. loose and large-grained with consistency

sanitary:
a. relating to health or the protection of health

sap:
n. the liquid that carries food to all parts of a plant; essential bodily fluid

sarcastic:
a. ironic; expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

satire:
n. form of literature in which irony and ridicule are used to attack human vice and folly