ator ▁ ▁S ▁ ▁s ass ▁( imp ud ence ) ▁from ▁s ass y ▁ ▁sc aven ge ▁from ▁sc aven ger ▁ ▁sculpt ▁from ▁sculpt or ▁ ▁se crete ▁( mean ing ▁" to ▁produce ▁and ▁emit ") ▁from ▁secret ion ▁ ▁secret ive ▁from ▁secret iveness ▁ ▁sed ate ▁( the ▁verb ) ▁from ▁sed ative ▁ ▁self - dest ruct ▁from ▁self - dest ruction ▁( cf . ▁self - destroy ) ▁ ▁semantic ▁( ad jective ) ▁from ▁semantics ▁ ▁share c rop ▁from ▁share cro pper ▁ ▁shop l ift ▁from ▁shop l if ter ▁ ▁sight sing ▁from ▁sight sing ing ▁ ▁sight see ▁from ▁sight see ing ▁ ▁s ip id ▁from ▁ins ip id ▁ ▁sle aze ▁from ▁sle azy ▁ ▁sleep walk ▁from ▁sleep walk ing ▁ ▁sm arm ▁from ▁sm ar my ▁ ▁sor b ▁from ▁sor ption ▁( also ▁a ▁back - formation ) ▁ ▁soft - land ▁from ▁soft ▁landing ▁( back formed ▁ad jective - n oun ▁comp ound ) ▁ ▁sor ption ▁from ▁ad s or ption ▁and ▁absor ption ▁ ▁spect ate ▁from ▁spect ator ▁ ▁st arg aze ▁from ▁st arg az er ▁ ▁stat istic ▁from ▁statistics ▁ ▁st ave ▁( the ▁n oun ) ▁from ▁st aves ▁( the ▁original ▁singular ▁is ▁staff ) ▁ ▁steam roll ▁from ▁steam roller ▁ ▁str id ulate ▁from ▁str id ulation ▁ ▁sub urb ▁from ▁sub urban ▁▁ ▁su ck le ▁from ▁su ck ling ▁ ▁sul