Words about words

Something is rustic if it seems rough, simple and hand-made. Rustic is a term often associated with country or rural living. The house in the picture is rustic.
A similar word to rustic is quaint. The opposite of rustic might be sophisticated.

A liquid is saline if it contains common salt dissolved into it. Any salty water can be described as saline, but the word is most often used for sterile salty water used for medical purposes.
A similar word to saline is brine.

A salute is a formal gesture of respect. Salutes are most often used by the military, but are also used by organisations like the Scouts.

Sandy means that something is made up of or covered in sand. Beaches and deserts are often sandy.

Sat is the past tense of sit.

You scare someone when you make them scared or frightened.
The man in the picture is trying to scare his cat.

Something is scarred if it has one or more scars on it.
When you have some hurt inside that hasn't gone away, you might say you are scarred too, for example "the experience left him badly scarred".
Not to be confused with scared.

Some things are scattered if they are spread around randomly. The acorns in the picture are scattered all over the ground.

A scoop is a kind of spoon that is deep and shaped like a hemisphere.

A scoop might also mean something made with a scoop, for example a scoop of icecream.

You scrape something when you rub a rough object along it and remove some of the top layer. When you fall over on asphalt you scrape your knees.
The car in the picture has a big scrape down its side.