obsolete	outmoded, out-of-date, no longer in use
to up	to increase
a tipping point	a point after which sth changes dramatically
in the wake of sth/sb	coming after, following
to pine for	to long for
a knack for sth	natural skill or ability
to cede	to give up
abstruse	difficult to understand
to educe	to elicit, to draw, to bring out
to bust	to prove wrong, to smash, to disrupt
fallacy	a common mistaken belief
to decapitate	to cut sb's head off
to abound	to be plentiful, to appear in great number
figment	claim/ sth that is not real but only imagined
inexorable	relentless, continuing unstoppably