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 in a particular place
mounting	increasing (ex. evidence)
chasm	a serious disagreement
beef	(metaphorically) 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 announce, to proclaim
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 & attention
outlet	a way out
liability	an instance of being responsible
answerability	responsibility
probation	a test
to probe	to test
abode	a place where you live (ex. a house)
on location	in natural surroundings
dwelling	place of residence
artful	cunning
to merge	to join sth bigger, to combine, to amalgamate, to incorporate
to wade	to go with difficulty
to be befuddled	to be confused/ to be made look stupid
defunct	no longer in use, no longer effective
vapid	dull, uninteresting, pedestrian
travail	painful effort
piddling	unimportant, small, trivial
to swat	(ex. a fly) to hit esp. with a flat object
to balk	to be reluctant to deal with sth/ to prevent, to obstruct
hereafter	from now on
unpalatable	unpleasant to one's mind or taste
a no-no	a thing that you cannot agree or accept
to strike a chord with	to agree, to identify with
flawless	impeccable
wholly	treating sth as a whole
to endanger	to imperil
to dare	to have courage to do sth
to hazard	to risk sth
to brave sth	to endure or to face sth withour showing fear
to chuck	to throw
to peer	to look closely and carefully
immensly	strongly, greatly
to fall behind with sth	to be late with sth
to make up for sth	to compensate