Pandora's Box - Weekly Words

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

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

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

4. Very wicked (adj).

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

6. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. 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).

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

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

19. Funeral song; death march (n).

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

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

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

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

24. To sharpen; to stimulate (v).

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

26. Offense or annoyance (n).

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

28. Distant; indifferent; unapproachable (adj).

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

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

31. Lamentation; sadness (n).

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

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

34. Eternal damnation; hell (n).

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

36. Angered; infuriated (adj).

37. To insistently beg; plead (v).

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

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

40. 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).