Man·date1 /ˈmændeɪt/ noun

bread·line /ˈbredlaɪn/ noun
the breadline a very low level of income that allows people to eat but not have any extra things:
a family living on the breadline

clutch1 /klʌtʃ/ verb
1 [transitive] to hold something tightly because you do not want to lose it SYN grip, grasp:
She was clutching a bottle of champagne.

ho·bo /ˈhəʊbəʊ $ ˈhoʊboʊ/ noun (plural hobos) [countable] American English
someone who travels around and has no home or regular job SYN tramp British English

mis·e·ry S3 /ˈmɪzəri/ noun (plural miseries)
1 [uncountable and countable] great suffering that is caused for example by being very poor or very sick:
What we are witnessing here is human misery on a vast scale.
the misery of unemployment
the miseries of war
2 [uncountable and countable] great unhappiness:
She looked away so that Tom wouldn’t see her misery.
His face was a picture of sheer misery. (=great unhappiness, with no other emotion)
The news plunged him into abject misery (=extreme unhappiness).

re·bel·lious /rɪˈbeljəs/ adjective
1 deliberately not obeying people in authority or rules of behaviour:
rebellious teenagers
He’s always had a rebellious streak (=a tendency to rebel).
2 fighting against the government of your own country:
rebellious minorities

des·o·late1 /ˈdesələt/ adjective
1 a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there:
a desolate landscape
2 someone who is desolate feels very sad and lonely


bel·ly1 /ˈbeli/ noun (plural bellies) [countable]
1
a) your stomach:
a full belly
swollen2 adjective
1 a part of your body that is swollen is bigger than usual, especially because you are ill or injured:
swollen glands
a badly swollen ankle
His eyes were swollen from crying.