peddler	a wandering merchand selling small wares (hawker)
cobbler	a man who mends and patches shoes
playwright	a writer of plays
milliner	someone who makes hats
fishmonger	sb who works in a fish shop
locksmith	maker/repairer of locks
thatcher	sb who makes/repairs roofs
stowaway	pasażer na gapę
quack	ktoś to udaje lekarza
usurer	sb who lends money at an exorbitant rate/illegal
usurper	sb who forcibly seizes (kingly) power
vagrant	sb with no specific place of living who wonders a lot
shoal/school	a large number of fish swimming together
congregation	a group of church attendees
conglomeration	a group of different people/things 2
cluster/clump	a number of trees/bushes.. growing close together
heap	a quantity of things in a rather untidy arrangement
pile	a quantity of things placed neatly one on top of the other
sheaf	a bundle of papers or corn tied together
mob	a disorderly crowd of ppl
squad	a small group of policemen who deal w/ a particular type of crime
band	a group of bandits under a leader
posterity	later generations
subsidy	a government grant
welfare	well-being, comfort, good health
reticence	małomówność, to have reserve in one's speech
eyesore	a sight ugly to the eyes
illustrative	illustrate adj
conductive	to conduce adj (conduce to sth= sprzyjać czemuś)
evolutionary	evolution adj
extinction	extinct adj
come to fruition	urzeczywistnić się
be in a flutter	być podenerwowanym/podekscytowanym
implicate	uwikłać
kiln	piec do wypalania/suszenia/prażenia
wax and wane	zwiększać i zmniejszać
smolder	tlić się
shun	unikać
incongruous	dziwny osobliwy
cluster	gromadka, skupisko
indulge in sth	oddawać się czemuś, ulegać
forsake	desert, leave forever, give up completely
cede	give (land, right) to another country or person, esp after losing a war
relinquish	give up (power, position, claim)
renounce	give up (a claim), say formally that one doea not own or has no more connection with
yield	TO / give up control (surrender) to superior forces
besiege	oblegać, otaczać
boor	cham, gbur, prostak
precariously	będąc niepewnym jutra, niepewnie
precociously	nad wiek
obsolete	not modern
assets	not liabilities (czyli aktywa, majątek)
prodigal	not economical
haughty	not an affable person
acquittal	not conviction
to turn a deaf ear to sth	to pay no heed (heed=uwaga)
to have the edge on sb	mieć nad kimś przewagę
to be down in the dumps	to feel depressed and miserable
disposable income	dochód netto, rozporządzany
squander	marnować, trwonić pieniądze
foray	krok, próba sił, wypad, wycieczka
few and far between	rzadko, nieczęsto
esteem	respect and admire greatly, to hold sb in high..
deem	consider, think or regard
appraise	make an official evaluation of sth, set a price or value on, especially by authority of law
assess	determinve the amount or value of property for taxation or other purposes
exempted from	wolny, zwolniony, nie muszący czegoś robić
to bite the dust	to be killed
in a spot	to put sb in a difficult position
to blow one's top	to be angry
to come within an ace of	to have a narrow escape
round the bend	insane
extortion	obtaining money by using threats and violence
impunity	freedom from punishment
amenities	agreeable features and facilities
pageantry	old traditions and customs preserved among the common people
alimony	allowance by order of court
avarice	greed for amassing riches
armistice	an agreement during a war that would stop hostilities for a limited period of time
incapacitated	unable to work
surge	wzrost, przypływ, napływ
impertinent	bezczelny, niestosowny, niegrzeczny
deprave	demoralizować, deprawować
deride	wyśmiewać, wyszydzać, drwić