Transcript Lesson 13- The Rootsa Pend- Pens- and Pond

Lesson 13- The Rootsa Pend- Pensand Pond
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append
dispense
expendable
expenditure
impend
6. pending
7. perpendicular
8. preponderance
9. recompense
10. suspension
1. append (verb)
a.
b.
To add as a supplement.
To fix to; attach.
Related Word: appendage
Ex: Rachel appended a bibliography to her
research paper.
2. dispense (verb)
a.
b.
c.
To prepare and distribute in parts or portions.
To administer.
To exempt or release, as from a duty or
obligation.
Related Word: dispensation
Ex: The machine dispensed fruit juices.
3. expendable (adj)
a.
b.
Viewed as not worth keeping or maintaining.
Subject to use or consumption.
Related Word: expend
Ex: Paper plates are expendable dishes.
4. expenditure (noun)
a.
b.
The act or process of consuming or using
something up; outlay.
An expense.
Related Word: expend
Ex: The manager had not anticipated that completion of
the project would require such a large expenditure
of staff time.
5. impend (verb)
a.
b.
To hang or hover menacingly
To be about to take place.
Ex: In the winter a heavy, overcast sky is a sign
that snow impends.
6. pending (adj)
a.
Not yet decided; awaiting conclusion.
Preposition
a. While awaiting.
Ex: Until Shawna improved her grades in
English; her place on the varsity soccer team
would be pending.
7. perpendicular (adj)
Intersecting at or forming right angles.
b. At right angles to a horizontal line or plane;
vertical; exactly upright.
Noun
a. A line or perpendicular to a given line or
plane.
Ex: Victorio held the cross piece perpendicular
while his brother nailed it in place.
a.
8. preponderance (noun)
a.
Superiority in weight, quantity, power or
importance.
Related Word: preponderant
Ex: Trevor was relieved to see the
preponderance of A’s on his report card.
9. recompense (verb)
To award compensation to, as for services rendered.
b.
To make a return for an action.
noun
a.
Payment to compensate for another’s loss.
b.
Payment in return for something given or done.
a.
Ex: We recompensed our elderly neighbor for his many
kindnesses by shoveling his sidewalk during the
winter.
10. suspension (noun)
a.
b.
c.
The temporary deferment of an action.
The period during which one is excluded from
privilege, office or position.
A device from which a mechanical part is hung.
Related Words: suspend
Ex: The traffic division put into effect a suspension of
the usual parking regulations on Sunday.