| A | B |
|---|
| ped | foot |
| pend, pens | to hang, to weigh |
| plac | to please |
| pon, pos(e) | to put, to place |
| appendage | n. anything of subordinate importance added to something else; an adjunct |
| complacent | adj. smugly pleased w/oneself; self-satisfied |
| expound | v. literally, to put forth, and thus explain point by point |
| impediment | n. something that gets in the way or entangles |
| impending | adj. threatening; likely to happen any moment |
| implacable | adj. refusing to be pleased; relentless; hard-nosed |
| imposition | n. the placing of one thing on another; taking advantage of someone |
| pedestrian | n. literally, someone on foot; adj. ordinary or common; without cleverness/ imagination |
| pensive | adj. deep or heavy in thought, as over some sadness |
| placate | v. to calm another's anger; to appease or pacify |
| proponent | n. one who supports a movement, position or cause |
| sesquipedalian | adj. literally a foot and a half long; n. humorous usage referring to long words |
