| A | B |
| sabotage | deliberate obstruction or damage |
| sanction | act of confirming a course of action |
| scope | the range or extent of an activity |
| secure | free of danger or trouble |
| self-sufficient | independent; able to get along without help |
| significant | important or having meaning |
| stimulate | to arouse or increase |
| strategy | plan of action to best achieve a goal |
| subjugation | to bring under control |
| submit | to yield |
| substantiate | to show to be true or real |
| summarize | to state briefly |
| support | to carry or bear, to lend help or backing to |
| suppress | to put down by force, to subdue |
| supremacy | the state of being the highest in rank |