readily	willingly
abundant	plentiful, copious
to discard sth	to get rid of sth
the grassroots	ordinary people
to intimidate	to make sb frightened
livelihood	income, means of living
insatiable	that cannot be satisfied
to have a vested interest in sth	to expect to achieve sth
to empower sb	to give sb power
the uninitiated	people who don't share special, secret knowledge
recalcitrant	disobedient
to spark sth off	to lead to sth
shortcoming	fault
to mock	to ridicule
adulation	flattery, admiration
to distort	to misrepresent
to topple onto sth	to be unsteady and almost fall
to infer	to imply, to conclude, to guess
the tip of the iceberg	just the beginning of sth even worse
fiery	blaming, emotional
to quiz sb	to ask questions
footage	material made for television
hearsay	a rumour
facet	aspect
impending	about to happen
pernicious	harmful, detrimental
indelible	that cannot be removed
menacing	threatening
to reconcile sth with sth	to make things agree
to reconcile oneself to sth	to accept finally sth unpleasant
to waver	to hesitate/ to move from one side to another
outright	instantly, clearly, openly, honestly
feedback	response
ambidexterous	able to use both hands equally well
to disembark	to go ashore
obsolete	out-of-date
extensive	a great deal of sth
adhesive	covered with a sticky substance
armistice	an agreement to stop fighting
to jeopardise	to put sth in danger
to adjourn	to postpone
cowardice	lack of courage
to exceed	to go beyond
to meander	to curve and wind
denture	false teeth
impregnable	that cannot be taken by force
matricide	an instance of murdering one's mother
negligible	so small that can be ignored
devastated	laid waste
airworthy	fit to fly
amnesia	loss of memory
to ascertain	to find out