knick-knack	small, ornamental articles of small value
calamity	serious misfortune or disaster
to interlace	to cause sth to be bound by weaving them together
to mount	to climb
mounting	increasing
to mount sth on sth	to fix sth into particular place
chasm	serious disagreement
beef	muscular strength
to beef about	to grumble, to complain
to lead sb up the garden path	to deceive
to promulgate	to make sth officially known, to decimate
to espouse	to support
hand-picked	carefully chosen
to instigate	to cause sth troublesome
exertion	great effort
to sow	to plant
to disperse	to cause sb to go into different directions
to relish	to enjoy greatly
meticulously	with great care and attention
outlet	way out
liability	an instance of being responsible
answerability	responsibility
probation	test
to probe	to test
abode	a place where you live
on location	in natural surroundings
dwelling	living in/ place of residence
artful	cunning
to merge	to join sth bigger
to wade	to go with difficulty
befuddled	confused/ made look stupid
defunct	no longer in use, no longer effective
vapid	dull, uninteresting
travail	painful effort
piddling	unimportant, small, trivial
to swat	to hit hard with a flat object
to balk	to be reluctant to deal with sth/ to prevent, to abstract
soppy	foolishly sentimental, maudlin
hereafter	from now on
unpalatable	unpleasant to one's mind or taste
a no-no	a thing that you cannot agree on or accept
to strike a chord with	to agree, to identify with
flawlessly	without any flaws, faults
wholly	treating sth as a whole
to endanger	to put sth in danger
to dare	to have courage to do sth
to hazard	to risk sth
to brave sth	to endure or to face sth without showing fear
to chuck	to throw
to peer	to look closely and carefully
immensly	strongly, greatly
to make up for sth	to compensate
to fall behind with sth	to be late with sth
to slide	to move smoothly
to skid	to move sideways
to slew	to turn around/ to swing
to incur	to bring upon oneself, to cause oneself to suffer
to throw caution to the wind	to stop being cautious
to step up	to increase
deterrent	sth that makes sb less likely to do sth
to bestow sth on sb	to give, to grant