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hair-shirt: She has done penance enough for her crime.
penchant n. inclination, bent, proclivity, leaning, bias,
predisposition, predilection, partiality, proneness, propensity,
tendency, affinity, liking, preference, fondness, taste: Agnes
has a penchant for tennis and for men who play tennis.
pendant n. ornament, tassel, lavaliere or lavaliŠre, medallion, locket,
necklace, riviŠre, ear-drop, tear-drop, drop, Old-fashioned
carcanet: I recognized the pendant she wore at her neck as my
mother's.
pending prep. 1 awaiting, waiting (for), depending on, till, until,
'til, till such time as; while, during: Pending the outcome of
the trial, he was remanded in custody.
--adj. 2 unsettled, undetermined, undecided, unconfirmed,
unfinished, inconclusive, up in the air, hanging fire, in the
balance, in abeyance; forthcoming, imminent, impending, in the
offing, Colloq US in a holding pattern, on hold: The pending
negotiations on the rent will determine whether we stay or move
house. While the matter is pending, we can do nothing.
pendulous adj. 1 pendent, hanging, drooping, sagging, dangling,
suspended, pensile: The weaver-bird's pendulous nest is a
marvel of engineering. 2 swinging, swaying, waving, undulating,
undulatory, oscillating, oscillatory: I was hypnotized by the
pendulous motion of the bell.
penetrate v. 1 enter, go or pass through or into, pierce, bore (into),
lance, spear, go through or into, probe, stab, puncture,
perforate, drill: The shell penetrated the tank's heavy armour.
2 permeate, diffuse, suffuse, pervade, filter or seep through,
percolate through: The soothing balm penetrated my aching body
and I relaxed into a deep sleep. 3 reach, get to, get at, touch,
affect, hit, strike: Her cruel words penetrated the darkest
recesses of my soul. 4 sink in, be absorbed, be understood,
register, come or get through, become clear, come across, be
realized, Colloq soak in, seep in: It took a while for it to
penetrate that she did not wish to see him again. 5 understand,
sense, become aware or conscious of, see (through), gain insight
(in)to, discern, uncover, discover, find (out), comprehend,
grasp, work out, unravel, fathom, perceive, Colloq get, figure