Belonging Flashcards
vocab
Poli
from Greek words polis meaning city
and polites meaning citizen
Cosmopolitan adj
Represents many countries, at home anywhere not bound by local or national limitations
Metropolitan adj
having to do with a city and its surrounding communities
Gen
Greek Genos meaning race, genea meaning family, or Latin word genius meaning birth
Gene n
a unit of the cells of living things that determines which traits are inherited
Generation n
the average time from the birth of parents to the birth of their child, the act of producing
Naturalize verb
to become a citizen of one country
Innate adj
existing in or belonging to or determined be factors present in an individual from birth
Nationality n
country that you belong to, have a passport for
Nat
Latin word natus meaning born