superfluous	more than needed
to deplete	to reduce
to deprecate	to lower the value of sth
unerringly	not making mistakes
to rectify	to correct
to exacerbate	to make worse
imponderable	that cannot be measured
to elapse from	to pass
to be obscured	to be made unknown
prescient	able to see into the future
fallible	likely to fail and make mistakes
to balk at sth	to be reluctant to do sth
to dog	to follow
to stumble over sth	to almost fall
to weather	to survive sth difficult
to aggravate	to make a bad situation ever worse
incoherent	inconsistent
deleterious	harmful
embezzlement	cheating by falsifying financial records
ulterior	hidden
secluded	far-away from people and settlements
to weigh up	to consider
to set sth against sth	to juxtapose
to make up for	to compensate
to settle up with sb	to pay what you owe
sorely	greatly
to put down	to surpress
to set back	to cost, to have to spend money unnecessarily
to wear thin	to be unconvincing
by and large	generally, on the whole
to rise to the occasion	to prove one's ability, worthiness
a shambles	chaos, mess
rumpus	a lot of noise made by people quarreling
fracas	a noisy argument, fight
to muddle	to confuse
to allege	to state without proof
a taint of sth	a small amount of sth
to taint sth with sth	to spoil the quality of sth
a streak of sth	a part of a person's character
a spell of	a short period of time
to be concerned about sth	to be worried
to be concerned with	to be interested in sth
hasty	hurried
to concern sth	to be related
to tip off	to warn about some danger
to pick sb's brains	to ask questions to elicit some information that you need
to live sth down	to forget some mistakes