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Comstock Roots 2
Book 2 Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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pater/patri | father |
mater/matri | mother |
gen | birth, race, kind |
patriarch | (n) - a man who controls a family, group, or government |
patriarchal | (adj) - a characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men |
patrician | (n) - a person who is a member of the highest social class |
maternal | (adj) - of or relating to a mother; motherly |
matron | (n) - an older married woman who usually has a high social position |
matriarchy | (n) - a family, group, or government controlled by a woman or a group of women and/or females |
generate | (v) - to produce something or cause something to be produced |
congenial | (adj) - pleasant, enjoyable, or friendly |
generation | (n) - a group of people born and living during the same time |
genetic | (adj) - of, relating to, or involving genes, which is the part of a cell that controls or influences the appearance, growth, etc., of a living thing |