Compulsory vocabulary for week 12

take the plunge
part and parcel
dignitary
dearth
highbrow  
staunch  
repeal
face the music
caveat
lenient
resign yourself to sth
pinnacle  
semblance
minute
take issue (with sb/sth)
recede
be no laughing matter
Don't get me wrong
fabrication  
turn your back on sb/sth
urge
out of the ordinary
obsessive
bend/stretch the rules
vanish into thin air
turmoil
not be up to much
superior
subject to sth
profound
speak your mind
asset
sleep on it
nothing ventured, nothing gained