Remote
Isolated from civilization
Disconcerting
Making someone feel uncomfortable
Plummet
Steep fall
Vulnerable
Being open to attack of sad feelings
Floundering
Struggling in water
Ravenously
Being very hungry
Periphery
Outer limits of vision
Tasteful
Having good judgement, e.g. in clothes
Devastated
overwhelming sense of grief
Precarious -
uncertain
Haul
to drag with effort
Contemplate
thinking deeply about something
Dangle
enticing incentive or to hang loosely an item
Plunge
quickly diving into water
Dodge
quick movement to avoid someone or something