Word roots -pen- and -pend- (8) with definitions

1. This week’s vocabulary Words for 8th Grade
Word Roots: -pen- & -pend-
Week of Jan. 10, 2011
# Word POS Definition
1 appendix noun extra material usually attached to the end of a piece of writing
2 dependable adjectivetrustworthy and reliable
3 dependent adjectiverequiring someone or something for financial, emotional, or other
support
4 dispense verb to give out; to prepare and distribute (as medicine)
5 expendable adjectiveeasier to use up or lose than to save or rescue
6 expenditure noun something paid for; expense
7 pendulum noun something hanging from a fixed point that swings freely and
regularly, and may be used to regulate clocks or other devices
8 pension noun fixed sum paid regularly to a person
9 perpendicularadjectiveat right angles to a flat plane or to the horizon; upright
10suspend verb to hang; to keep waiting
The word roots -pen- & -pend- mean “to hang” or “to weigh.”
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