5-Letter Words Containing S

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ABASE

To lower someone in rank, dignity, or self-respect.

ABUSE

To treat someone or something in a harmful, cruel, or improper way.

ABYSM

An abyss, bottomless gulf, or immeasurable depth; an archaic or literary word.

ABYSS

A very deep or seemingly bottomless space.

ADUST

Scorched, burned, or darkened by heat; sometimes used figuratively for a sunburned or swarthy appearance.

AEGIS

Support or protection from an authority.

AGIST

To assess a charge or tax, especially historically on land or grazing livestock.

AISLE

A passage between rows of seats or shelves.

ALIST

Leaning or tilted to one side, especially of a ship.

AMASS

To gradually collect a large quantity.

AMISS

Wrong, faulty, or not as it should be.

AMUSE

To entertain someone or make that person laugh.

ARILS

Fleshy coverings that grow around certain seeds.

ARISE

To begin, appear, develop, or get up.

ASHEN

Very pale, often because of shock, fear, or illness.

ASHET

A large plate or serving dish, especially in Scottish usage.

ASIDE

To or toward one side, away from the main position or subject.

ASSAI

A musical direction meaning very, very much, or sufficiently, from Italian.

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