scrutiny
inspection; study; careful searching
An inspection of Canadian police is a scrutiny of the Mounties.
sedition
conduct or language inciting rebellion against authority
Karl Marx’s publisher rejected Marx’s first manuscript of The Communist
Manifesto, saying, “This edition does not contain enough sedition.”
sequester
to separate, set apart, isolate
Tired of having his SAT studies interrupted, Larry hired a boat and went on a sea
quest for a desert island where he could sequester himself for a semester.
shiftless
lazy; showing lack of motivation; incompetent
The shiftless secretary couldn’t type capital letters. (Get it?)
simultaneous
happening at the same time