Fool's gold

Glossary of difficult words

fool's gold - a brassy yellow mineral, esp. pyrite, that can be mistaken for gold;

goldbug - a person favoring gold as an investment; an advocate of a single gold standard for currency;

doomed - destined to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome;

at current spend - if the political and economic development continues at the existing rate without a positive change in direction.