English Lesson 3+4
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hokiefan123 on October 6, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 matrix | the surroundings within which something begins or develops |
| matriarchy | a society ruled or controlled by women |
| matriculate | to register as a student at a college or university |
| patriarch | the male head of a family or tribe |
| patrimony | family inheritance |
| patronage | support |
| patronize | to go to regularly |
| patronymic | name derived from a paternal ancestor |
| fraternal | pertaining to brothers |
| fraternize | to be friendly with |
| avuncular | like an uncle |
| familial | having to do with the family |
| uxorious | dominated by one's wife |
| bigamy | marriage to two mates |
| monogamy | marriage to a single mate |
| puerile | childish |
| orthopedics | branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement |
| pedagogue | a teacher |
| pedant | a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding(scholary show off) |
| entity | something that has a real or independent existence |
| nonentity | a person or thing of no importance |
| essence | the basic element |
| moribund | about to die or end |
| mortify | to shame |
| postmortem | an examination to determine the cause of death |
| euthanasia | the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal |
| innate | possessed at birth |
| naive | childlike |
| nascent | emerging |
| renaissance | a rebirth |
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