| bonanza |
anything that brings great wealth and prosperity. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| erudition |
a high level of scholarly knowledge; learnedness. |
| fissure |
a narrow crevice or other opening, especially one caused by splitting. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
| influx |
the act or an instance of flowing in. |
| minuscule |
so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. |
| mundane |
of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace. |
| nurture |
to care for and encourage the growth and development of (a living thing). |
| parochial |
narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial. |
| preventable |
having the possibility of being prevented; capable of being stopped or kept from happening. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |