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Adversely
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unfavorable or antagonistic in purpose or effect
Indiscriminate
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not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity
Gratuitous
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Given, free, voluntary
Rugged
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Having a rough irregular surface
Prevalent
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widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance
Clustering
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Gathering together
Resentful
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Full of or marked by resentment, irritation, anger
Vaguely
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Not clearly expressed
Crinkling
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Forming wrinkles or ripples
Taut
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tightly drawn, in good order or condition; tidy
Blistering
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very fast or rapid, causing a blister
Tamed
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Brought from wildness into a domesticated or tractable state
Weary
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physically or mentally exhausted by hard work
Besieged
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To surround with hostile forces
Versatile
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Capable of doing many things competently
Treacherous
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Not to be relied on; dangerous; hazardous
Hazardous
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Marked by danger
Flourishing
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Very lively and profitable
Immersed
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Covered completely in a liquid; lost
Penultimate
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Next-to-last
Impassable
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Impossible to pass
Meandering
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To follow a winding and turning course
Deceptively
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In a misleading way
Vulnerable
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Helpless; open to moral attack, criticism
Unyielding
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Inflexible - nieustępliwy
Meticulously
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Extremely careful and precise
Drenched
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Soaked
Stern
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Serious, important, harsh, strict
Stuffed
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Packed tightly
Strewn
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Scattered
Arid
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Jejune, extremely dry
Baffled
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Frustrated, amazed
Thriving
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Very lively and profitable / Prosperous
Incessant
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Continual
Shrill
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horrible, squeaky
Paltry
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Trivial
Hideous
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Repulsive, nasty, smelly
Solitary
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lonely
Ruefully
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Feeling or expressing regret
Ponderous
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Big, slow
Foetid
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Having an offensive odor, stinking
Parching
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Extremely dry, by exposure to heat
Unpaved
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Not covered with a firm surface
Meagre
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Modest, poor
Sheer
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Clean, pure, common, normal
To exert
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To focus, to produce
To loll
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To post, to hang
To wind
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To coil, to curl
To fetch
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To bring
To scold
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To reprimand or criticize harshly and usually angrily; to discipline
To slap
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To clap, to pat
To blast
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To destroy, to devastate
To glare
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To offend
To snatch
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To grab, to nip
To lumber
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To clamp, to clump
To grunt
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To growl
To imply
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To mean, to signify
To nag
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To complain, to annoy
To stow
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To hide
To deface
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To destroy, to disfigure
To tackle
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To deal with
To moor
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To secure a vessel or an aircraft with lines or anchors
To incorporate
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To unite, to include
To pamper
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To spoil
To twinkle
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To glitter, to flash
To bequeath
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To leave or give (personal property) by will
To overhang
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To hang down, to jut
To twirl
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To twist or wind around
To slide
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To glide, to slope
To thaw
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To defrost
To retract
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To take back
To veer
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To reconsider; To turn aside from a course, direction
To disembark
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To debark, to unload
To ascertain
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To determine, to attach
To loiter
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To proceed slowly or with many stops, to spin
To linger
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To stay
To glitter
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To shine, to flash
To kneel
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To go down or rest on one or both knees
To dandle
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to move (a young child, etc.) up and down (on the knee or in the arms); to swing
To scrub
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To rub hard in order to clean
To prop
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To support by placing something beneath or against
To pluck
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To pick, to pull out
To gleam
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To shine, to flash
To plunge
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To sink, to dip
To yell
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To shout, to scream
To slouch
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To sit, stand, or walk with an awkward, drooping, excessively relaxed posture – garbić się
To grumble
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To whine, to nag
To conquer
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To seize, to win
To traverse
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To travel or pass across, to cut, to interrupt
To pound
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To mash up
To rekindle
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To relight
To rejoice
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To feel joyful
To exult
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To be joyful
To swerve
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To turn aside or be turned aside from a straight course / deviate
To oversee
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To inspect, to control
To overlap
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To lie or extend over and cover part of
To coil
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To wind
To propel
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To punch, to push
To skid
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The act of sliding or slipping over a surface
To adjust
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To set, to key
A hindrance
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An obstacle
A well
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Inkpot, water hole
A ridge
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Elevation, hill
A chore
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Task, exercise
A slab
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disc
A glimpse
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A brief, incomplete view or look
Indolence
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Habitual laziness
Astringency
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acidity
An ascent
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Upward movement
A lash
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Smage, whip
A whip
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A lash
Drudge
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Very hard worker, servant
Scourge
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Beat, punish
A predator
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Hunter, killer
An obstacle
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A barrier
A puncture
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A hole or depression made by a sharp object
A boulder
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rock
A hub
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The center part of a wheel
A cleft
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A crack
A ravine
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Gap in earth’s surface
Traction
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friction
Run-off
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Gone, finished
A dirt road
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bypath
A ledge
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shelf
A mishap
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Accident
A gangway
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A passage
A wink
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To twinkle
A speck
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Tiny bit
A lounge
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Club, bar
Negligence
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Carelessness
To be geared to
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to create or adapt something for a specific purpose
A raw deal
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Unfair treatment
To diverge from sth.
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Go in different directions
To hit the road/trial
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To begin one's journey
To be riddle with sth.
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To be covered with small holes
The dead of winter
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The middle of winter
In bloom
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Blooming
Flash flood
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A sudden flood of great volume
Rocky outcrop
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Rock formations above the soil
Hand-picked
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Selected with great care
To tip over
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To Invert, to fall
To opt for
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To make a choice or decision
Part and parcel
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The most essential part of sth
Sheet metal
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Metal that has been rolled into a sheet having a thickness between foil and plate
To run aground
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Hit or reach the ground
Deficient in
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Lacking an essential quality or element
To rock the boat
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to disturb a situation that is otherwise stable and satisfactory
To fly off the handle
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To get very angry
To drive sb round the bend
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To make someone very angry
To walk on air
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To be very happy
To go to great/any lengths
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To achieve sth in a very determined way
To swim against the tide
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To do something that is in opposition to the general movement of things
To let things ride
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To allow something to continue or remain as it is
Wheeling and dealing
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To use clever, dishonest way of getting an advantage
To indulge in
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To take pleasure in doing something

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