- Amalgam Mixture of different elements; alloy
- Corrosion Destruction by chemical action
- Dichotomy Split; divided in two parts (often contradictory)
- Dispersion Breaking up or scattering in various directions
- Dregs Sediment; worthless residue
- Ferment Breaking something down; civil unrest
- Hermetic Sealed airtight
- Impermeable Impervious; not permitting passage through
- Innate Inborn; possessed as an essential characteristic
- Malleable Capable of being shaped, formed; impressionable
- Permutation Transformation; rearrangement of elements
- Phenomena Observable facts, events; perceptible by senses
- Sinuous Winding; bending in and out; not morally honest
- Static Not moving or changing
- Synthesis Combining parts into a whole
- Theoretical Based on theory; not practical or applied
- Volatile Explosive
- Apprenticeship Training for a worker
- Consolidation Unification
- Depreciate To lessen in value
- Enterprising Ready to undertake ambitious projects
- Expedite To hasten the process of
- Forfeit To lose or surrender
- Franchise Business licensed to sell a product in a territory
- Impecunious Without money
- Industrious Diligent, hard-working, productive
- Insolvent Bankrupt, lacking money to pay
- Jargon Language used by a particular group or business
- Lucrative Highly profitable
- Mercenary Interested in money or gain