Pandora's Box - Weekly Words

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

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

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

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

5. Funeral song; death march (n).

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

7. Offense or annoyance (n).

8. Eternal damnation; hell (n).

9. 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).

10. Very wicked (adj).

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

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

13. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Lamentation; sadness (n).

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

22. Angered; infuriated (adj).

23. Distant; indifferent; unapproachable (adj).

24. 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).

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

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

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

28. To insistently beg; plead (v).

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

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

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

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

33. To sharpen; to stimulate (v).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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