Pandora's Box - Weekly Words

1. Offense or annoyance (n).

2. An inhabitant, resident, or frequenter of a place (n).

3. Bitterness or ill feeling; harsh or biting sharpness especially of words, manner, or feelings (n).

4. To sharpen; to stimulate (v).

5. A person who assists in some religious services by carrying out minor duties; one who attends or assists; a follower (n).

6. i. (of a plant, animal, or person) producing much fruit or foliage or many offspring (adj). ii. Present in large numbers or quantities; plentiful (adj).

7. i. To describe vividly and in detail (v). ii. To draw an outline of; to represent by drawing (v).

8. Lamentation; sadness (n).

9. i. (of a person) giving their name to something (adj). ii. (of a thing) named after a particular person (adj).

10. To grow old together; to unite; to form a whole (v).

11. Distant; indifferent; unapproachable (adj).

12. To beat with a heavy club (v).

13. A leader who seeks power by appealing to people’s emotions and prejudices by making false claims (n).

14. i. (of language) Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning (adj). ii. Unclear or inexact because a choice between alternatives has not been made (adj).

15. The face or facial expression of a person (n).

16. Feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong; repentant (adj). A person who repents their sins or wrongdoings and (in the Christian Church) seeks forgiveness from God (n).

17. i. To consume by drinking (v). ii. To absorb or take in mentally (v).

18. A thing of little value or importance (n). To treat someone/something with little to no seriousness or respect (v).

19. Give up (power or territory) (v).

20. Very wicked (adj).

21. Angered; infuriated (adj).

22. Funeral song; death march (n).

23. To recite something in the style of a public speech; to speak in a loud, theatrical way (v).

24. A blood feud; a prolonged and bitter feud (n).

25. A paying back for what has been lost or damaged (n).

26. Having knowledge or being aware of (adj).

27. To clear of guilt or free from a promise or responsibility (v).

28. A pleasant appearance, or polite way of behaving that is not sincere (n).

29. To take over; to seize or use something without authority (v).

30. Chains or shackles attached to the ankles (n).

31. Extra; beyond what is needed (adj).

32. Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair (adj).

33. To insistently beg; plead (v).

34. To indicate; to mark; to signal; to mean (v).

35. Eternal damnation; hell (n).

36. Someone or something that is a classic, most perfect and/or typical example of a quality or class (n).

37. Foreboding; threatening; sinister; momentous (adj).

38. To talk idly; to chatter (v).

39. Kept secret or done secretively, especially illicit (adj).

40. One who falsely claims knowledge or ability (n).