| Question | Answer |
| what is matrix | n. the surrounding within which something begins and develops. |
| what is matriarchy | n. society ruled or controlled by women |
| what is matriculate | v. to register as a student at a college or university. |
| what is patriarch | n. the male head of a family or tribe |
| what is patrimony | n. a family inheritance |
| what is patronage | n. support, encouragement |
| what is patronized | v. to go to regularly |
| what is patronymic | n. name derived from a paternal ancestor |
| what is fraternal | adj. pertaining to brothers; brotherly |
| what is fraternize | v. to be friendly with |
| what is avuncular | adj. like an uncle |
| what is familial | adj. having to do with family |
| what is uxorious | adj. dominated by ones wife |
| what is bigamy | n. marriage to two mates |
| what is monogamy | n. marriage to a single mate |
| what is puerile | adj. childish, and immature |
| what is orthopedics | n. branch of medicine treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movment |
| what is pedagogue | n. a teacher |
| what is pedant | n. a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understanding |
| what is entity | n. something that has a real or independent existence |
| what is nonentity | n. a person or thing of no importance |
| what is essence | n. the basic |
| what is moribund | adj. about to die or end |
| what is mortify | v. to shame |
| what is postmortem | n. an examination to determine the cause of death; an autopsy |
| what is euthanasia | n. the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal; mercy killing |
| what is innate | adj. possessed at birth; inborn |
| what is naive | adj. childlike;unsophisticated |
| what is nascent | adj. emerging;coming into existence |
| what is renaissance | n. a rebirth;a renewal |
