Simple - weak, silly, artless, foolish, unwise, stupid, plain, single.

Simply - solely, merely, only.

Since - for, as, inasmuch, after.

Sincere - true, honest, frank, upright, incorrupt, plain.

Singular - particular, eccentric, odd, strange, remarkable, rare, scarce.

Situation - place, position, employment, site, locality, case, condition, plight.

Skillful - expert, adroit, adept, dexterous, accomplished.

Slander - defame, vilify, calumniate, detract.

Slavery - servitude, bondage, captivity.

Slender - slight, slim, fragile, thin.

Slow - tardy, dilatory, tedious, dull.

Small - little, minute, diminutive, narrow, infinitesimal.

Smooth - easy, mild, bland, even, level.

Smother - suffocate, stifle, suppress, conceal.

Snarling - snappish, waspish, surly.

Sober - grave, moderate, temperate, abstemious.

Social - sociable, companionable, convivial, familiar.

Society - fellowship, company, congregation, association, community.

Soft - flexible, ductile, yielding, pliant, mild, compliant.

Solicit - request, ask, entreat, implore, beg, beseech, supplicate, importune.

Solicitation - entreaty, invita-tion, importunity.

Solicitude - care, earnestness, anxiety.

Solid - enduring, firm, hard, substantial.

Solitary - sole, alone, desolate, only, lonely, remote, retired.

Soothe - quiet, compose, appease, calm, pacify, assuage, tranquil-ize.

Sorrow - trouble, grief, affliction.

Sort - order, kind, species.

Sound - tone. firm, whole, hearty, healthy, sane.

Sour - tart, acid, acrimonious, sharp.

Source - head, origin, fountain, cause, spring, reason.

Spacious - capacious, ample, large.

Sparkle - glitter, glisten, shine, glare, radiate, corruscate.

Speak - utter, talk, articulate, pronounce, converse, say, tell, recite, relate.

Species - order, kind, class, sort.

Specific - definite, particular, special.

Specimen - sample, model, pattern.

Spectator - beholder, observer, auditor.

Speech - oration, address, lecture, harangue, sermon.

Speechless - dumb, silent, mute.

Spend - expend, exhaust, dissipate, squander, waste.

Sphere - orb, circle, globe.

Spirited - quick, animated, ardent, vivacious, active.

Spiritual - ethereal, immaterial, unearthly, incorporeal.

Spite - pique, malice, grudge, ma-lignity, hate.

Splendid - superb, magnificent, grand, sublime, heavenly.

Splendor - magnificence, luster, brightness, brilliancy.

Splenetic - peevish, melancholy, morose, sullen, gloomy, fretful.

Sport - play, game, amusement, pastime, diversion, recreation.

Spotless - faultless, unblemished, blameless, unsullied, clear, untarnished, pure, innocent, stainless.

Spread - distribute, diffuse, circulate, expand, disperse, disseminate, propagate, scatter, dispense, sow.

Spring: - leap, arise, start, flow, proceed, emanate, jump, issue.

Sprinkle - bedew, water, scatter, besprinklc. Sprout - vegetate, germinate, bud. Stability - fixedness, continuity, steadiness, firmness. Stain - mar, soil, tarnish, blemish, blot, flaw, spot, speck, tinge, color, discolor.

Stammer - hesitate, stutter, falter.

Stamp - mark, print, impress.

Standard - test, rule, criterion.

State - situation, condition, position, plight, predicament.

Station - place, situation, post, position.

Stay - dependence, reliance, staff, prop, abide, remain, continue, delay, hinder, support.

Sterility - barrenness, unfruitful-ness.

Stern - unfeeling, severe, austere, strict, cold, rigid, rigorous.

Still - quiet, calm, silent, appease, assuage, lull, pacify.

Stimulate - arouse, excite, incite, urge, impel, encourage, instigate.

Stock - supply, collection, fund, accumulation, store, provision, cattle.

Stop - rest, intermission, vacation, cessation, delay, hinder, impede, check.

Story - tale, anecdote, incident, memoir.

Straight - direct, immediate.

Strange - unusual, curious, odd. singular, surprising, eccentric.

Stratagem - deception, cheat, artifice, fraud, trick, imposture, delusion.

Strength - potency, authority, power, force, might. Strict - precise, exact, particular, accurate, nice, severe, harsh, rigorous, stern.

Strife - disagreement, dissension, discord, contest.

Strong - able, powerful, robust, stout, vigorous, firm, muscular, hardy.

Style - custom, mode, manner, phraseology, diction.

Subdue - vanquish, conquer, overcome, subjugate, subject, surmount.

Subject - control, liable, exposed, object, matter, material.

Subjoin - attach, connect, annex, affix.

Sublime - lofty, elevated, great, exalted, grand, magnificent.

Submissive - obedient, yielding, humble, compliant.

Subordinate - subject, subservient, inferior.

Subsistence - livelihood, living, sustenance, maintenance, support.

Substantial - reliable, strong, solid, stout, real, responsible.

Substitute - agent, representative, exchange, change.

Subtle - sly, artful, cunning, deceitful, crafty, wily, perfidious, insidious, arch, acute, fine.

Subtract - withdraw, deduct, take from.

Subvert - ruin, overthrow, reverse, controvert, invert, reverse.

Successful - prosperous, lucky, winning, fortunate.

Succession - series, order, continuance.

Succor - defend, help, aid, assist, relieve.

Sudden - unexpected, unlooked for, unanticipated, hasty.

Suffer - endure, tolerate, permit, bear, allow.

Suffocate - smother, choke, stifle.

Sufficient - plenty, abundance, enough, competent, adequate.

Suffrage - vote, ballot, aid, voice.

Suggest - propose, insinuate, hint, allude, intimate.

Suitable - appropriate, fit, becoming, agreeable, expedient.

Suitor - beau, wooer, lover, petitioner.