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Vocabulary Lesson 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Matrix | The surroundings within which something begins or develops. |
| Matriarchy | A society ruled or controlled by women |
| Matriculate | to register as a student at a college or university. |
| Patriarch | the male head of a family or tribe |
| Patrimony | A family inheritance |
| Patronage | Support, encouragement |
| Patronize | To go to regularly |
| Patronymic | a name derived from a paternal ancestor |
| Faternal | pertaining to brothers, brotherly |
| Faternize | to be friendly with |
| Avuncular | like an uncle |
| Familial | having to do with the family |
| Uxorious | Dominated by one's wife |
| Bigamy | marriage to two mates |
| monogamy | marriage to a single mate |