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Vocabulary Section 2
Vocabulary From Classical Roots
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9th Grade
09/26/2010

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GENEALOGY
Definition
N.  A RECORD OF DESCENT FROM ONE'S ANCESTORS; THE STUDY OF FAMILY RECORDS.
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GENOCIDE
Definition
N. PLANNED ANNIHILATION OF A RACIAL, POLITICAL, OR CULTURAL GROUP.
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GENRE
Definition
N. A TYPE, CLASS, OR CATEGORY, ESPECIALLY OF FINE ART OR LITERATURE.
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GENTEEL
Definition
ADJ. WELL-MANNERED; REFINED; POLITE. (SOMETIMES USED TO MEAN "FALSELY POLITE" OR "HAVING GOOD MANNERS.")
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GENTILE
Definition
N. ANYONE NOT OF THE JEWISH FAITH.
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GENTRY
Definition
N. ARISTOCRATIC OR WELL-BRED PEOPLE.
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HETEROGENEOUS
Definition
ADJ. HAVING PARTS THAT ARE UNRELATED OR COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
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HOMOGENEOUS
Definition

ADJ. 1) OF THE SAME SORT OR KIND.

2) cOMPOSED OF PARTS THAT ARE ALIKE.

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CONGENITAL
Definition
ADJ. EXISTING AT BIRTH BUT NOT HEREDITARY.
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ENGENDER
Definition
V. TO GIVE RISE TO; TO BRING INTO EXISTENCE.
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GENESIS
Definition

N. 1) A BEGINNING OR ORIGIN

2) THE FIRST BOOK OF THE OLD TESTAMENT

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INDIGENOUS
Definition

ADJ. 1) OCURRING IN OR CHARACTERIZING AN AREA; NATIVE

2) INBORN

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INGENIOUS
Definition
ADJ. CLEVERLY INTENTIVE AND RESOURCEFUL
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PROGENITOR
Definition
N. A DIRECT ANCESTOR; AN ORIGINATOR OF A LINE OF DESCENDENT.
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PROGENY
Definition
N. CHILDREN OR DESCENDANTS; OFFSPRING. (SOMETIMES PROGENY ALSO REFERS TO THE RESULT OF ARTISTIC CREATIVITY. FOR EXAMPLE, CHARLES DICKENS SAID THAT OF ALL HIS PROGENY-MEANING HIS NOVELS-HE LOVED DAVID COPPERFIELD BEST.)
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