| administer |
to manage, take care of, or be in charge of. |
| broaden |
to make or become broad or broader. |
| compression |
the act or process of pressing down on or together, causing flattening or condensing. |
| din |
a loud, steady noise. |
| distort |
to twist out of shape; change the way a thing looks or acts. |
| grieve |
to feel great sadness; mourn. |
| maintain |
to continue; keep in existence. |
| martyr |
a person who suffers or is killed for defending some belief or cause. |
| notion |
an idea, opinion, or view. |
| outbreak |
a sudden breaking out or increase in activity of disease. |
| prevail |
to emerge as dominant (often followed by "over"). |
| ransack |
to search through thoroughly, especially for items to steal; plunder. |
| secondary |
not first in importance or value; less important. |
| solitude |
the condition of living or being by oneself. |
| treacherous |
betraying or likely to betray trust; false. |