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Lessons 3 & 4
Personal Relationships
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Literature
9th Grade
05/28/2009
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MATER, MATRIS
 Definition
mother
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Matriarchy
 Definition
a society ruled or controlled by women
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Matriculate
Definition
to register at a college or university
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Matrix
 Definition
the surroundings within which something begins or develops
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PATER, PATRIS
 Definition
father
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Patronage
 Definition
support; encouragement
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Patronymic
 Definition
name derived from a paternal ancestor
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Patronize
 Definition
to go to regularly
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Patrimony
 Definition
a family inheritance
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Patriarch
 Definition
the male head of a family or tribe
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AVUNCULUS, AVUNCULI
 Definition
uncle
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Avuncular
 Definition
like an uncle
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FAMILIA
 Definition
family
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Familial
 Definition
having to do with the family
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UXOR, UXORIS
 Definition
wife
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Uxorious
 Definition
dominated by one's wife
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GAMOS
 Definition
marriage
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Bigamy
 Definition
marriage to two mates
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Monogamy
 Definition
marriage to a single mate
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PUER
 Definition
a male child
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Puerile
 Definition
childish; immature
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PAIS, PAIDOS
 Definition
child, boy
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Orthopedics
 Definition
branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement
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Pedant
 Definition
a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding
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Pedagogue
 Definition
a teacher
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SUM, ESSE, FUI, FUTURUM
 Definition
to be
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Essence
 Definition
the basic element; the identifying characteristic
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Entity
 Definition
something that has a real or independent existence
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Nonentity
 Definition
a person or thing of no importance
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MORIOR, MORI, MORTUUM
 Definition
to die
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Moribund
 Definition
about to die or end
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Mortify
 Definition
to shame
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Postmortem
 Definition
an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy
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Thanatos
 Definition
death
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Euthanasia
 Definition
the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing
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FRATER, FRATRIS
 Definition
brother
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Fraternal
 Definition
pertaining to brothers; brotherly
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Fraternize
 Definition
to be friendly with
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NASCOR, NASCI

NATUM

 Definition
to be born
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Naive
 Definition
child like; unsophisticated
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Nascent
 Definition
emerging; coming into existence
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Renaissance
 Definition
a rebirth; a renewal
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Innate
 Definition
possessed at birth; inborn
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