impending	about to happen
to waver	to move from one side to another
strident	unpleasant to listen, harsh, loud
to adjourn	to postpone
negligible	so small that can be ignored
disconcerting	making confused
to render	to change sth into sth
confirmed bachelor	a man that will never get married
to rupture	to cause to burst or break
unruly	difficult to control
to hamper	to prevent sb from easily doing, achieving sth/ to prevent from moving
to chafe at	to become irritated, annoyed
prohibitive	too high for many people to afford
self-contained	a person that doesn't need the company of others
with no strings attached	without special conditions
sweltering	extremely hot
snappy	smart/ elegant/ irritable
squalour	dirty, unpleasant, morally degraded
to tally with sth	to agree, correspond with sth
to foist sth upon sb	to force sb to accept sth unpleasant
takings	money earned daily
tentative	not sure/ hesitating
whence	from where
stipulation	condition, clause, (conclusion)
to cash in on	to benefit from sth
sparse	not dense
to impart	to partake, to divide
to sit on the fence	to be undecided
intelligible	that can be understood
supercilious	arrogant, rude
abashed	ashamed
to inhibit	to cause sb to behave unnaturally
casting vote	the last, deciding vote
to be tardy	to be late
overbearing	forcing others to do things
temporal	lasting for a short period of time
to expend	to use
to flaunt	to show sth proudly in order to make an impression
aptitude	natural skill, ability
pertinent to sth	relevant to sth