novelty	sth new, just introduced
hack work	requiring a lot of effort, tedious work
to chafe at	to become annoyed, impatient
interloper	a person which comes without invitation
to be at variance with	to disagree
at first glance/ sight	considered for the first time
plausible	probable, believable
to compel	to force sb to do sth
thorny	difficult to answer, causing disagreement
amorphous	having not definite shape
limbs	hands & legs
phantom	illusional, imaginated, not real
adjacent	situated next to
olfactory	referring to smell
to thrive	to prosper, to progress really well
dementia	mental disorder
sedentary	when you sit a lot
tidbits	small but interesting piece of information
saturated	full of sth (ex. moisture)
culprit	a person that is responsible for sth
to rev up	to cause sth to work quickly
to get the jitters	to become extremely nervous
benign	gentle, mild, kind
caper	dishonest, criminal, scheme
cracker	a beautiful, notable, excellent person
the average Joe	an ordinary person
depiction	portrait
to perpetrate	to commit
to soothe	to make sth less intensive, calm and relaxed
to buck up	to cause sb to become more cheerful
reams of sth	a large quantity of sth
the best part of sth	more than half
wave of sth	sudden, but temporary increase in specified activities
mayhem	violent disorder, confusion
snappy	irritable/ lively/ elegant, smart clothes
to dodge	to avoid
to be at the height of sth	to be at the top, at the highest point of sth
to defend one's turf	to defend one's territory
turf	the grass with the layer of soil
to be in the melting pot	to be in the process of changing
melting pot	a place where people with different nationalities meet
demeanour	the way of behaving, conduct
squalor	very dirty, unpleasant, morally degraded
to conjure up	to form a picture in one's mind, to imagine
rowdy	noisy and disorderly
conjuring	an instance of performing clever things considered magical
fabrication	a lie, sth which is not true
to fabricate	to make up
to withhold	not to reveal the truth
to conceal	to hide
to blurt out	to reveal
to rumble	to reveal, to find out
to implicate	to involve
to deploy	to use efficiently
to hint	to mention briefly
whopper	huge lie
to baffle	to perplex, to confuse
benign lying	easily taken in, deceived
malicious	malevolent
adroit	skillful, clever
collusion	a secret agreement
constructs	a system on which sth is built
to foist sth upon sb	to force sb to accept sth unwanted
to blush	when your chicks become red because of embarassment
candour	candidness
candid	frank