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GREEK N LATIN ROOTS

WEEK #7

TermDefinition
benefactor a person who confers a benefit; kindly helper.
benevolent characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings:
benign Pathology. not malignant; self-limiting:
malevolent Wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed;
malicious full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful:
malignant disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
dysfunction Medicine/Medical. malfunctioning, as of an organ or structure of the body.
dyslexia any of various reading disorders associated with difficulty decoding written language and integrating auditory and visual information, such as the association of phonemes with letter combinations in spelling.
dystopia a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
matriarch the female head of a family or tribal line.
matrimony the state of being married; marriage:
matrix something that constitutes the place or point from which something else originates, takes form, or develops:
paternal characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly:
patriot a person who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests with devotion.
patronize to give (a store, restaurant, hotel, etc.) one's regular patronage; trade with.
gender either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated by social and cultural roles and behavior:
genesis an origin, creation, or beginning.
genetics Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
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