to annihilate	to destroy completely
squalid	dirty and unpleasant
craven	cowardly
ostensibly	apparently
to keep up appearances	to maintain an outward show of prosperity to hide the truth
to bolt	to dash
placid	calm and peaceful
all the rage	fashionable, popular
enduring love/friendship	lasting forever in spite of difficulties
to amble	to walk slowly without any destination
gait	a manner of walking or running
to befriend sb	to become friends
to encroach on sth	to intrude
in the limelight	being famous, receiving publicity or attention
to crib	to copy sb's work
to lapse into sth	to error/ to pass gradually into sth of lower quality
to arouse	to cause sth to happen
to enliven	to make sb more lively
to idle away a moment	to spend time lazily
to conjecture	to suppose, to presume
to fabricate	to lie
to prophesy	to fortell future events
to lug	to carry with effort
to clamber	to climb with difficulty
to lumber sb with sth	to give sb a burden
to engulf	to surround
to splatter	to splash
provision of sth	an instance of providing sth
lumber	an unwanted piece of furniture
to lure sb into sth	to tempt