2.  base  From Latin  Pend=weigh pens=pay

3.  noun  How much something costs. › The bride’s father was shocked at the expense of his daughter’s wedding.

4.  verb  pay Will the county compensate the teachers for all the snow days we had to take off?

5.  Distributor  noun My favorite toy in my Christmas stocking was my Star War’s Pez dispenser.

6.  adjective  Unable to do without  Really important  I found my sewing machine to be indispensable when I was making a t- shirt quilt.

7.  Noun  Income, usually of a retired person. Many companies pay their employees a pension if they stay until they retire.

8.  Noun  Necklace with an ornament attached. She always wore the pendant that her grandmother had given her, because it was sentimental.

9.  verb  Rely on  All the runners in a relay race depend on one another to win.

10.  noun add-on: such as the appendix in a book. A part of the body. Severe stomach pain might mean you need your appendix removed.

11.  adjective  Self-sufficient, not needing any help. Many teenagers think they are independent but they still rely on their parents for material things.

12.  noun  Weight or bob >The pendulum in the grandfather clock swung back and forth counting the seconds of each day.