Words Starting with S
Sabotage (तोड़फोड़) : Intentional damage to arrest production
Sacrilege (अपवित्रीकरण) : Violation of something holy or sacred
Samaritan ( मुसीबत में मदद करने वाला) : A person who helps even a stranger in difficulty
Sanatorium (सेहतगाह) : A place of good climate for invalids
Sanctuary (अभ्यारण्य) : A reserve for animals, birds etc. in their natural habitat
Satire (हास्य व्यंग्य) : Full of criticism or mockery
Sceptic (संदेहवादी) : One who is always doubting
Scintillating (जुटाकर) : A vivacious and lively experience is said to be
Scurrilous (मिथ्या) : Severely abusive writing in journals
Secular (धर्म निरपेक्ष) : A place where all religions are honoured
Sedative (शांतिकर औषधी, शामक औषधि) : A drug or other substance that induce sleep
Sedulous (परिश्रमी) : Hard working and diligent
Seminar (सेमिनार) : That which is arranged by conferring or discussing
Septuagenarian (सत्तर वर्ष की अवस्था का मनुष्य) : A person who is in his seventies
Sericulture (रेशम के कीड़ों का पालन) : The production of raw silk
Sever (काटकर अलग करना) : To cut something into two pieces
Shoal ( मछलियों का समुदाय, छिछला हो जाना ) : A large number of fish swimming together
Shrapnel (गंजगोला,बम का टुकड़ा) : Small pieces of metal that fly out from an exploding bomb
Simile (उपमा) : A figure of speech by which a thing is spoken of as being that which it only resembles
Sinecure (ऐसा पद जिस में वेतन मिले परन्तु कुछ काम न करना पड़े) : A post with little work but high salary
Snob (मोची का नौकर) : One who tends to patronize, rebuff or ignore people regarded as social inferiors and imitate, admire people regarded as social superiors
Sojourn (डेरा डालना, अस्थाई निवास) : A brief or a short stay at a place
Soliloquy (आत्मभाषण) : The act of speaking about one’s thoughts when one is alone
Somnambulism (नींद में चलना) : Walking in sleep
–Sonnet (गाथा, चतुर्दशपदी) : A poem of fourteen lines
Soporific (निँदासा) : Drug which cause people to sleep early
Sororicide : Killing one’s sister
Souvenir (यादगार,निशानी) : Something kept as a reminder of an event
Specimen (नमूना) : An object or portion serving as a sample
Speleology (कंदरों का अध्ययन करनेवाली विद्या) : Study of caves
Spokesman (प्रवक्ता) : One who speaks for others
Sporadic (छिटपुट) : Occurring at irregular intervals in time
Statue (प्रतिमा) : Written law of a legislative body
Stoic (उदासीन, आत्मसंयमी) : One who is indifferent to pleasure or pain
Stoicism (वैराग्य) : Calmness and indifference to suffering
Stowaway (बेटिकट यात्री) : One hides away in a ship or passenger vehicle to obtain a free passage
Subservient (अधीन) : Too willing to obey other people
Succulent (रसीला) : Having juicy or fleshy and thick tissue
Superlative (अतिशयोक्ति,उत्तमावस्था) : Of the highest degree
Surreptitious (छल से किया हुआ, गुप्त, चुराया, जाली) : Stealthily done (something done in a quiet and secret way in order to avoid being noticed)
Syllable (शब्दांश) : A part of a word that can be pronounced separately
Symbiosis ( सहजीवन) : To put two and two together
Synagogue (आराधनालय) : A place where Jews worship according to their religion
Synonyms (समानार्थक शब्द) : Words of similar meaning