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PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: lessons 3+4 Flashcards

1
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mater, matris

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mother

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matrix

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the surroundings within which something begins or develops

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3
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matriarchy

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a society ruled or controlled by women

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4
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matriculate

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to register as a student at a college or university

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pater, patris

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father

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patriarch3

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  • the male head of a family or tribe
  • an old testament ancestor
  • a founding father or wise man
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patrimony

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a family inheritance

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patronage2

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  • support, encouragement

- business clientele, customers

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patronize2

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  • to go to regularly

- to treat someone as an inferiror

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10
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patronymic

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namer derived from a paternal ancestor

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11
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frater, fratris

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brother

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12
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fraternal

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pertaining to brothers, brotherly

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fraternize2

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  • to be friendly with

- to socialize with an enemy population

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14
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avunculus, avunculi

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uncle

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avuncular

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like an uncle

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familia

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family

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familial

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having to do with the family

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uxor,uxoris

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uxorious

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dominated by one’s wie

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gamos

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bigamy

A

marriage to two mates

22
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monogamy

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marriage to a single mate

23
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puer

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a male child

24
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puerile

A

childish, immature

25
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pais, paidos

A

child, boy

26
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orthopedics

A

branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement

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pedagogue

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pedant2

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  • person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rater than to understanding
  • a scholarly show-off
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sum, esse, fui, futurum

30
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entity

A

something that has a real or independent existence

31
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nonentity2

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  • a person or thing of no importance

- something that does not exist or exist only in the imagination

32
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essence3

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  • the basic element, the identifying characteristic
  • a substance in concentrated form obtained from a plat or drug
  • a perfume
33
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morior, mori, mortuum

34
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moribund

A

about to die or end

35
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mortify2

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  • to shame

- to discipline oneself by denial

36
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postmortem2

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  • an examination to determine the cause of death, an autopsy

- an analysis of something that is over

37
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thenatos

38
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euthanasia

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the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal, mercy killing

39
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nascor, nasci, natum

A

to be born

40
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innate

A

possessed at birth, inborn

41
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naive2

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  • childlike, unsophisticated

- gullible

42
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nascent

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emergin, coming into existence

43
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renaissance2

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  • a rebirth, a renewal

- a revival of humanism in fourteenth century to sixteenth century europe

Greek And Latin Roots (13 decks)

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