Verb
make an already bad or problematic situation worse
The death toll from bombings across Pakistan in recent months has been exacerbated by the lack of health facilities, especially in rural areas, health officials say.
Adjective
portraying nudity or sexual activity in an open and direct way
Revealed to have sent explicit pictures of himself naked in the bath to topless model Sonia Wild, Cole said: "I gave a phone away that still had stuff in its memory. I thought I had deleted it."
Vuvuzelas have been banned from the annual match between the Harvard and Yale football teams. Harvard worried that the exuberant horn would tarnish the experience for alumni.