Thursday Think Tank #1

All answers contain the word PEN in them- eg. Clue – Hone. Ans- Sharpen

1. Hanging Ornament
2. Uncovered
3. Occur
4. It swings to and fro
5. Add
6. Rely
7. Exactly upright
8. Enter into
9. Tendency/disposition
10. Feel regret
11. Mature
12. Snake
13. Tree
14. Used up completely
15. Salary
16. Threaten
17. Collection of games
18. Hang up
19. State of uncertainty
20. Make up for

Get Start ! Go 🙂

14 Comments:

  1. 2. OPEN
    3. HAPPEN

  2. 5. Append
    15. Stipend

  3. 1. Pendant
    4. Pendulum
    6. Depend

  4. 7. Perpendicular
    8. Penetrate
    9. Propensity
    10. Penitence

  5. 11. ripen
    12. serpent
    14. spent

  6. 10. repent

  7. 19. pendemonium

  8. 20. Compensate.

  9. Great going folks !
    Pending one’s are –
    13. Tree
    14. Used up completely
    15. Salary
    16. Threaten
    17. Collection of games
    18. Hang up

  10. 14- Spent
    15- Compensation

  11. 13. Aspen ??

  12. 18. Suspend

  13. Yup – the game answer that I received said Aspen for Tree.

  14. “The root ‘pen’/’pend’ come from the Latin pendere, meaning to HANG.”
    http://www.english-for-students.com/pend.html

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