bulging	very full of sth
withdrew	took out
table scraps	leftover bits of food
wandered	moved without any conscious efford
siren	loud noise indicating danger
frozen to the spot	unable to move
balance	ability to remain steady
confronted	faced
shattered remains	things left in tiny little pieces
swept away	dragged along without having control
huddled	closely packed
sobbing	crying uncontrollably
streaking	moving very quickly
colloquial	slang
phenomenon	interesting fact or event
disintegrate	break into many tiny pieces
fiery	on fire
boulders	large lumps of rock
confirmed	recognised as having happend
debris	broken remains
vast	very large
agricultural	farming
grant	allow
abolish	end
claims	legal requests
immigrants	people from country living in another
descendant	person related to someone of people who lived a long time ago
displacement	forced removal of people from where they live
influx	a sudded arrival of many people
abadoning	leaving behind
principle	idea
rugged	mountainous
penal	punishment
hard-to-reach	difficult to get to
isolated	far away from other place
hooded	with a covering over a person's head
corporal punishment	physical punishment
rehabillitated	fit to come back into society
petty	unimportant
in the minority	belonging to the smaller number
self-sufficient	able to survive alone
constructive	useful
privileges	favours
incentive	reason to do sth
ploughing	prepare soil for planting
manually	by hand
constant	continuous
circumvented	got around
exorbitant	extremely expensive
imposing	extremely impressive
gain an insight into	understand
rim	edge
slope	a hill