Lessons 3 & 4

1. Lessons 3 & 4 Melissa Daisy Montalvo and Julia Macrino

2. Matrix n. The surroundings within which something begins or develops.

3. Matriarchy n. A society ruled or controlled by women

4. Matriculate n. To register as a student at a collage or university

5. Patriarch n. The male head of a family or tribe

6. Patrimony n. A family inheritance

7. Patronage n. support; encouragement

8. Patronize v. 1. To go to regularly 2. To treat someone as an inferior

9. Patronymic n. Name derived from a paternal ancestor

10. Fraternal Adj. Pertaining to brothers; brotherly

11. Fraternize v. 1. To be friendly with 2. To socialize with an enemy population

12. Avuncular Adj. Like an uncle

13. Familial • Adj. Having to do with the family

14. Uxorious Adj. Dominated by one’s wife.

15. Bigamy n. Marriage to two mates

16. Monogamy n. Marriage to a single mate

17. Puerile Adj. Childish; immature

18. Orthopedics n. Branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal ad tissues related to movement

19. Pedagogue n. A teacher

20. Pedant n. 1. A person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understand 2. A scholarly show-off.

21. Entity n. Something that has a real or independent existence

22. Nonentity n. 1. A person or thing of no importance 2. Something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination

23. Essence n. 1. The basic element; the identifying characteristics 2. A substance in concentrated form obtained from a plant or drug 3. A perfume

24. Moribund Adj. About to die or end

25. Mortify v. 1. To shame 2. To discipline oneself by denial

26. Postmortem n. An examination to determine the cause od death; an autopsy

27. Euthanasia n. The act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing

28. Innate Adj. Possessed at birth; inborn

29. Naive Adj. Childlike; unsophisticated

30. Nascent Adj. Emerging; coming into existence

31. Renaissance n. A rebirth; a renewal