briefing	an instance of providing sb with information
speckled with	marked with
to poke	to nudge
to scramble sth up	to mix sth in an untidy way
to scramble	to climb or to crawl with difficulty
to round up	to cause sb to gather in one place
premises	area that marks some institution
to fall in with	to agree, to harmonise
to keep up with	to keep the same pace
to come down to	to be the matter of
to live up to	to match (ex. expectances)
to label	to put a label
to string sth together	to combine to form a meaningful statement
to sound off about sth	to talk noisily and boastfully
to tell off	to reprimand
to add up	to make sense
to sprinkle sth with sth	to throw sth in small drops over some surface
at close quarters	from a short distance
lovelorn	to be unhappy because one's love is not returned
imperil	to endanger
inopportune	not at the right moment
keynote	the central thing of a speech
madcap	reckless
monstrosity	a thing that is huge, large and ugly
kafkaesque	implying sinister force
malaise	a feeling of confusion, uneasiness
to retrieve	to get sth back
irretrievable	that cannot be got back
lucrative	beneficial
interplay	interaction
to empoverish	to make sb poor
to joyride	to go, ride and have some fun
life-blood	the thing that gives strength and vitality
inroad	a sudden attack
ignominuous	shameful
maladjusted	wrongly adjusted
to luxuriate	to take great pleasure
loudmouth	a person that talks a lot
imperturbable	cool, not worrying easily
at this juncture	in this particular stage
knitwear	things that are knitted
look-alike competition	people who resemble sb well-known gather and the most similar person is chosen
all the rage	very popular or very fashionable
to hump	to carry sth on one's back
to hunch	to bend forward one's shoulders
peek	a quick look
reign	an instance of holding power
to proclaim	to make known officially, to announce
cornucopia	an abundant source of information
blatant	obvious, shameless
treasuretrove	a person to whom sb turns for information, help/ a rich source of information
ruckus	noisy disturbance or uproar, confusion
knick-knack	small, ornamental articles of small value
calamity	serious misfortune or disaster
to interlace sth with sth	to cause things to be bound by weaving them together
to mount	to climb
to mount sth on sth	to fix into particular place
mounting	increasing
chasm	a serious disagreement
beef	metaph. muscular strength
to beef about	to grumble, to complain
to lead sb ub the garden path	to deceive
to promulgate	to make sth officially known, to decimate
to espouse	to support
hand-picked	carefully chosen