| A | B |
| risks | possibility of loss or injury |
| rouge | various cosmetics for coloring the cheeks |
| saying | to express in words |
| scatter | separate widely |
| scenic | of or relating to the stage |
| sensible | kind to arouse emotional response |
| sign | motion or gesture |
| silence | forbearance from speech |
| spectacle | object of curiosity |
| spoiled | to damage seriously |
| spray | usually flowering branch or shoot |
| spring | to grow as a plant |
| strew | spread by scattering |
| strict | stringent in requirement or control |
| strong | marked by great physical power |
| suite | set of matched furniture |
| superstitious | swayed by superstition |
| surge | to rise and fall actively |
| swing | to move vigorously through a wide arc or circle |
| system | interdependent group of items |