Quizlet Vocab Lesson 3

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  1. avuncular: like an uncle
  2. bigamy: marriage to two mates
  3. familial: having to do with the family
  4. fraternal: pertaining to brothers; brotherly
  5. fraternize: to be friendly with OR to socialize with an enemy population
  6. matriarchy: a society ruled or controlled by women
  7. matriculate: to register as a student at a college or university
  8. matrix: the surroundings within which something begins or develops
  9. monogamy: marriage to a single mate
  10. patriarch: the male head of a family or tribe OR an Old Testament ancestor OR a founding father or wise man
  11. patrimony: a family inheritance
  12. patronage: support; encouragement OR business clientele; customers
  13. patronize: to go to regularly OR to treat someone as an inferior
  14. patronymic: a name derived from a paternal ancestor
  15. uxorious: dominated by one's wife