Lesson 3 + Extra (Personal Relationships)

Question 1

matrix

Answer 1

n. the surroundings within which something begins or develops

Question 2

matriarchy

Answer 2

n. a society ruled or controlled by women

Question 3

matriculate

Answer 3

v. to register as a student at a college or university

Question 4

patriarch

Answer 4

n. the male head of a family or tribe

Question 5

patrimony

Answer 5

n. a family inheritance

Question 6

patronage

Answer 6

n. support; encouragement

n. business clientele; customers

Question 7

patronize

Answer 7

v. to go to regularly

v. to treat someone as an inferior

Question 8

patronymic

Answer 8

n. name derived from a paternal ancestor

Question 9

fraternal

Answer 9

adj. pertaining to brothers; brotherly

Question 10

fraternize

Answer 10

v. to be friendly with

v. to socialize with an enemy population

Question 11

avuncular

Answer 11

adj. like an uncle

Question 12

familial

Answer 12

adj. having to do with the family

Question 13

uxorious

Answer 13

adj. dominated by one’s wife

Question 14

bigamy

Answer 14

n. marriage to two mates

Question 15

monogamy

Answer 15

n. marriage to a single mate

Question 16

confrere

Answer 16

n. a fellow member of a fraternity, profession, etc,; colleague

Question 17

fraternity

Answer 17

n. a group of persons associated by or as by ties of brotherhood

Question 18

fratricide

Answer 18

n. the act of murdering one’s brother

Question 19

maternity

Answer 19

n. the state of being a mother; motherhood

Question 20

matricide

Answer 20

n. the act of murdering one’s own mother

Question 21

matrimony

Answer 21

n. the rite, ceremony, or sacrament of marriage; wedlock

Question 22

matron

Answer 22

n. a married woman, especially a mature one with children or an established social position

Question 23

misogamy

Answer 23

n. hatred of marriage

Question 24

paterfamilias

Answer 24

n. the male head of a household or family

Question 25

paternal

Answer 25

adj. characteristics of or befitting a father; fatherly

adj. related on or inherited from the father’s side

Question 26

paternity

Answer 26

n. the state of being a father; fatherhood

Question 27

patricide

Answer 27

n. the act of murdering one’s father

Question 28

patriot

Answer 28

n. a person who loves, supports, and defends his country

Question 29

patron

Answer 29

n. a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest (especially a regular one)
n. a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, etc.

Question 30

polygamy

Answer 30

n. the state of being married to many people at the same time