| infatuation | strong, unreasonable, temporary feeling of love for someone or interest in sth; zauroczenie |
| vicious | malicious, violent, cruel, callous |
| sloppy | careless, untidy |
| monstrous | extremely shocking, huge |
| desensitise sb to sth | make someone react less strongly to sth by making them become used to it; numb |
| shallow | having only a short distance from the top to the bottom; antonym of deep |
| acquisitive | eager to own and collect things; zachłanny |
| telly/box | slang name of TV |
| not a scrap | absolutely none |
| scrap | piece of sth |
| advent of sth | arrival, introduction |
| well-adjusted | able to deal well with the problems of life |
| the truth is breaking | the truth becomes known |
| detractor | critic |
| diligent | working hardly and carefully |
| impressionable | easily influenced |
| brutality | cruel and violent behaviour; atrocity |
| intact | complete, not damaged or changed |
| outnumber sth | be greater in number |
| former | this first one (of previously mentioned); antonym of latter |
| retain | keep sth or continue to have sth |
| versatile | universal |
| sheer | pure |
| impart | communicate info to sb; give a particular quality to something |
| glowing | full of praise |
| chatter | talk for a long time about things that are not important |
| barely | only with great difficulty or effort (= only just) |
| resemble | to look like or be similar to sb/sth |
| hinge (up)on sb/sth | completely depend on sb/sth |
| deterioration | become worse |
| amenable to | accept what someone says or does without arguing |