Pandora's Box - Weekly Words

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

2. Very wicked (adj).

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

4. Eternal damnation; hell (n).

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

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

7. Offense or annoyance (n).

8. 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).

9. Distant; indifferent; unapproachable (adj).

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

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

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

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

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

15. To insistently beg; plead (v).

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

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

18. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Lamentation; sadness (n).

26. Angered; infuriated (adj).

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

28. Funeral song; death march (n).

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

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

31. 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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. To sharpen; to stimulate (v).

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

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