pallid	pale because of an illness
gullible	humiliating, shameful
tearful	crying or ready to cry
vehemence	an instance of feeling sth very strong
reconciliation	an instance of reconciling
paddy	a field where rice grows
furrow	a narrow strip on ground/ a deep wrinkle
timeliness	an instance of coming on suitable time
chimerical	that cannot be predicted easily, fickle
horticultural	connected with growing plants
to mourn	to show deep sorrow at the loss of sth
to discern	to see
to mute	to make silent
a teller	a person who works in a bank
outing	an instance of going out
to fathom	to understand, to gain a deep knowledge, to have insight into
a rota	a schedule of duties
to fidget	to make restless movements
to plunge	to jump with one's head first
to gear up for	to prepare, to ready oneself
to pluck	to pull
to pluck up the courage to do sth	to gather one's courage
amidst	among
avid	eager
to stumble upon	to find unexpectedly
to intermingle	to mix
palpable to one's mind/taste	likeable, acceptable
confidential	that cannot be made known to sb, clandestine
intimate	private, personal
to come undercover	to do sth secretly because it's against the rules
to plead with sb	to beg
to crave	to desire
to assert	to state sth in a very strong way
to pledge	to promise solemnly, in a very serious way
uneasy	anxious, worried, malaise
edgy	nervous, likely to be upset
to bring	to cause to appear
to spring to mind	to come quickly to one's mind
to draw breath	to inhale
to hold breath	to stop breathing
to take breath	to stop from breathing
to set out to do	to start doing sth
the undoing	a thing that causes sb to suffer
punishing	exhausting/ requiring effort, energy
stardom	an instance of being a star
to be instrumental in sth	to be the cause, the most important reason
loath	reluctant
to loathe	to hate
in state	in a coffin
to hit the sack	to go to bed
hard of hearing	when you don't hear well
on sick leave	sick and tired
in the eye of sb	only by sb's opinion
to catch on	to become popular
a remote possibility	not likely to happen
lax	allowing a lot, permissive
to pace up and down	to go to and fro
slouching	hunching and looking unattractive
a caddy	a person who helps the golf player
still	motionless, not sparkled