Example: My late father, Peter, would have spat derision on this debate.
1. Spat [spat]
Noun: a petty quarrel; a light blow; slap; smack.
Verb: to engage in a petty quarrel or dispute; to splash or spatter.
Synonyms: altercation, bickering, brouhaha, difference of opinion, disagreement.
Antonyms: agreement, concord, concurrence, harmony, peace, calm.
2. Derision [dih-rizh-uh n]
Noun: ridicule; mockery; an object of ridicule.
Synonyms: contempt, disdain, laughter, mockery, ridicule, scorn, brickbat.
Antonyms: admiration, approval, flattery, love, praise, respect, compliment.
Example: He was pipped by organisations loyal to coconut and cashew feni lining the road carrying those same artefacts.
3. Pip [pip] Verb: to blackball; to defeat (an opponent); to shoot, especially to wound or kill by a gunshot.
4. Artefact [ahr-tuh-fakt]
Noun: any object made by human beings, especially with a view to subsequent use; a handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural stage, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation; any mass-produced, usually inexpensive object reflecting contemporary society or popular culture.
Synonyms: antiquity, heirloom, relic, bygone, monument, rarity.
Example: Maharashtra was forced to change in 1972 after more than 100 people died consuming rotgut.
5. Rotgut [rot-guht]
Noun: cheap and inferior liquor.
Synonyms: drink, ethanol, liquor, methanol.
Example: The number of liquor addicts worldwide is staggering, approximately two billion.
6. Staggering [stag-uh-ring]
Adjective: tending to stagger or overwhelm.
Synonyms: amazing, astonishing, astounding, mind-boggling, shocking, stunning.
Example: Apart from the plethora of administrative problems, the contrarian ‘elite’ opinion, even if small, also plays an important role as a disincentive for prohibition or an ideological lubricant for legal sanction and ultimate enforcement.
7. Plethora [pleth-er-uh]
Noun: overabundance; excess.
Synonyms: deluge, glut, overabundance, plenty, profusion, surfeit, flood.
Antonyms: lack, need, scarcity, want, few, little.
8. Lubricant [loo-bri-kuh nt]
Noun: a substance, as oil or grease, for lessening friction, especially in the working parts of a mechanism.
Adjective: capable of lubricating; used to lubricate.
Synonyms: coating, grease, oil, silicone, wax.
9. Sanction [sangk-shuh n]
Noun: authoritative permission or approval, as for an action; something that serves to support an action, condition, etc.; something that gives binding force, as to an oath, rule of conduct, etc.
Synonyms: approval, acquiescence, allowance, approbation, assent, authority, backing.
Antonyms: denial, disagreement, disapproval, discouragement, opposition, prohibition.
Example: The Protestant ethic essentially revolved around frugal spending and saving, which lead to productive investment.
10. Frugal [froo-guh l]
Adjective: economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful.
Synonyms: canny, careful, meticulous, prudent, stingy, thrifty, abstemious.
Antonyms: careless, incautious, spendthrift, wasteful, generous.