punctilious	taking care of every detail
fit	a sudden attack of epilepsy
spry	live and active
overtures to/of sth	friendly proposals or approaches
lithe	bending easily, flexible
to scud away	to move fast, straight and smoothy
constitution	the condition of one's body
upshot	a final result, outcome
to acquit	to free sb of guilt in court
to exonerate	to free sb of guilt
to find oneself at pains	to make particular effort to accomplish sth
unequivocal	clean, having one possible meaning
backlog	accumulation of work/business not yet attended to ??
unimpeachable	that cannot be doubted, trustworthy, honest
deluge	a great flood
to gush	to flow out rapidly and in great quantities
to fetch	to go somewhere and bring sth/ to be bought or sold for particular amount of money
gist	the main points
to counter sth with sth	to oppose
to rattle	to make sb nervous or alarmed
hazy	not sufficiently clear, gloomy
tedious	boring, taking long
momentous	very important, serious
momentary	lasting for a short period of time
to come over as sth	to turn out to be sth
to babble	to speak carelessly
to prattle	to speak in a childish way
to get through	to use up/ to reach sb on the phone
to ramble	to walk for pleasure, without destination
to rumble	to reveal
fallacy	common, erroneous belief
susceptible	prone, likely to suffer
to hold down	to continue to have
petty	not much/ not very serious
in terms	as regards
to reel	to sway/ to pull fishes with a rod
to reel off	to recite sth without a break
to spurn	to turn down with contempt
grounded	based on