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VCR Lesson 3
| MATER, MATRIS | <L. - "mother" |
| matrix | n. - the surroundings within which something begins or develops |
| matriarchy | n. - a society ruled or controlled by women |
| matriculate | verb - to register as a student at a college or university |
| PATER, PATRIS | <L. "father" |
| patriarch | n. - the male head of a family or tribe; an Old Testament ancestor;a founding father or wise man |
| patrimony | n. - a family inheritance |
| patronage | n. - support, encouragement; business clientele, customers |
| patronize | verb - to go to regularly; to treat someone as an inferior |
| patronymic | n. - name derived from a paternal ancestor |
| FRATER, FRATRIS | <L. - "brother" |
| fraternal | adj. - pertaining to brothers; brotherly |
| fraternize | verb. - to be friendly with; to socialize with an enemy population |
| AVUNCULUS, AVUNCULI | <L. - "uncle" |
| avuncular | adj. - like an uncle |
| FAMILIA | <L. "family' |
| familial | adj. - having to do with the family |
| UXOR, UXORIS | <L. "wife" |
| uxorious | adj. - dominated by ones wife |
| GAMOS | <G. - "marriage" |
| bigamy | n. - marriage to two mates |
| monogamy | n. - marriage to a single mate |