pend & pen

These ROOT-WORDS are PEND & PEN which come from the Latin pendere, meaning to HANG. This is a very simple ROOT, easily recognizable, and takes simple Suffixes and Prefixes to play around with. At the same time it does its duty for widening of the vocabulary horizon, enrichment of comprehension and subject areas.


1. Pendent : PEND ent (pen’ dent) adj.

Hanging; as, “pendent drops of ice."


2. Pendant : PEND and (pen’ dant) n.

A piece of jewelry that hangs; as, a pearl pendant in each ear


3. Pending : PEND ing (pen’ ding) adj.

Hanging over; as, a pending suit for libel


4. Pendule : PEND ule (pen’ dule) n.

A small hanging ornament; as, a locket


5. Pendulous : PEND ulous (pen’ ju lus) adj.

Hanging down; drooping


6. Pendulum : PEND ulum (pen’ ju lum) n.

A feely swinging piece of machinery; as, the pendulum of a clock


7. Pendulate : PEND ulate (pen’ due late) v.

To swing; undulate


8. Pendulosity : PEND ulosity (pen due los’ i ti) n.

The quality of hanging down; pendulousness


9. Pendency : PEND ency (pen’ den see) n.

State of being undecided; as the pendency of a trial


10. Dependent : de PEND ent (de pen’ dent) adj.

Hanging on to something for support


11. Dependability : de PEND ability (de pen da bil’ it ee) n.

A quality one can hang on to; reliability


12. Independent : inde PEND ent (in de pen’ dent) adj.

Not hanging on anyone


13. Impending : im PEND ing (im pend’ ing) adj.

Hanging over one, as a doom


14. Interdependent : interde PEND ent (int er de pen’dent) adj.

Hanging on to each other and depending other


15. Independence : inde PEND ence (in de pen’ dens) n.

State of being free; not holding on to any thing


16. Suspended : sus PEND ed (su spend’ ed) adj.

Hanging from; as, the pendulum is suspended from a fixed point


17. Suspension : sus PEN sion (su spen’ shun) n.

State of hanging; debarred for a time; as, suspension from school


18. Perpendicular : per PEND icular (per pen dik’ yu lar) adj.

Hanging straight down at right angles


19. Appendage : ap PEND age (ap end’ dij) n.

A thing which hangs on; as, a useless appendage


20. Appendix : ap PEND ix ( a pen’ diks) n.

Extra material attached to a book


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