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List of Words for Letter 'S'

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• sachem a member of the Grand Council of the Iroquois League
• sea level the height of land where it meets the sea
• secede to withdraw or break away from an organization such as a government
• secondary source an account of an event from a person who did not see or experience it
• Senate the house of Congress in which each state has two members, regardless of its population
• settlement house a place that offers education, hot meals, and other services to the poor
• sheriff the person who makes sure the laws are obeyed in a county
• skyscraper a tall building supported by a steel frame
• slavery the practice of making a person work for no money and without the freedom to leave
• small-scale map a map that shows few details of a large area
• social worker a person who provides services to those in need
• solution an answer to a problem
• source the place where a river begins
• Stamp Act an act passed by Great Britain in 1765 that placed taxes on newspapers and paper sold in the 13 Colonies
• stock a share of ownership in a company
• stock exchange an organized market for buying and selling stocks
• strike a refusal of all the workers in a business to work until the owners meet their demands
• suburb a smaller community near a larger city
• Supreme Court the highest court in the United States
• surplus an amount greater than what is used or needed
• surrender to give up
• suspension bridge a bridge that hangs, or is suspended, from cables
• sweatshop a factory where workers are paid low wages and work in unhealthy conditions