Greek and Latin Roots 79-82 Flashcards by Hy Dang

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Matriarch

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A woman who rules the family

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Mater, matris

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Mother

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Maternal

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Motherly

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Matrix

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The ground from which some thing or idea springs

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Matrimony

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State from which motherhood develops

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Maternal grandparents

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Parents of one’s mother

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Alma Mater

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The “dear old school” from which one graduates

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Frater, fratis

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Brother

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Fraternity

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Brotherly association of men

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Fraternize

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Associate together on friendly or brotherly terms

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Friar

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A member of a men’s religious order

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Frère

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French word for brother

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Demos

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People, citizens

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Democracy

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People power

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Demography

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Draw charts of information about the people-where they live,etc.

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Demophobe

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One who fears people

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Epidemic

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Plague on the people; disease spread among citizens

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Demophile

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Friend of the people

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Demotic

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Pertaining to the people; popular

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Populus

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People

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People

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A collection of persons

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Public

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General body of people in a community

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Popular

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Pleasing to people in general

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Population

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Whole number of people in an area

Republic

Public thing or entity

Publish

Make known to people in general

Populace

The common people

Pueblo

People of a village or town

SPQR Senatus Populusque Romanus

The Senate and the people of Rome