| scab | a non-union worker who takes a striker's job. | The business was able to stay open with scab labor. |
| installment plan | a plan in which goods are paid for over a period of time | He was able to buy the plasma television by paying using an installment plan. |
| frigidaire | a brand of refridgerator | She bought a fridgidaire with her tax refund check. |
| eugenist | an expert in eugenics, the science of improving a species' offspring | The eugenist was working on a way to improve corn crops. |
| absurd | rediculous, or crazy | The story by Kurt Vonnegut pictured an absurd world in which everyone was physically made equal by law. |