Vocabulary Test 5 Flashcards

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Mater/ matris

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Mother

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Pater/ patris

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Father

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Frater/ fratris

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Brother

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Demos

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The people, the citizens

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Populus

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People

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Ambience

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Mood, feeling; general atmosphere

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Amenable

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Agreeable, responsible to authority, pleasant, willing to give in to the wishes of others

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Amplify

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To make larger, louder, or more powerful

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Antecedent

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Going before; preceding; an occurrence or event preceding another

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Anterior

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Situated in front

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Appalling

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Filling with dismay; causing horror or consternation; shock

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Aptitude

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Capacity for learning; natural ability

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Archaic

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Belonging to an earlier time, ancient; outdated

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Arduous

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Hard, difficult, tiresome

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Artisan

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A worker in a craft

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Patriarch

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Chief father of a family or of a society

Archos-chief

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Patriotism

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Love for the fatherland

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Patrician

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Nobly born person; also may mean descendant of the founding fathers of Rome

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Patron

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A person who acts like a father toward another; a supporter of an organization such as a museum or sympathy (the arts)

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Matriarch

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A woman who rules the family (Archos-chief)

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Maternal

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Matriculate

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To be enrolled as a student at a college or university

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Alma mater

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The “dear old school” from which one graduates

Alma-nourishing;kind

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Matrimony

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State from which motherhood develops; marriage (monia-condition)

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Fraternal
Brotherly
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Fraternity
Brotherly association of men
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Fraternize
Association of men
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Fraternize
Associate together on friendly (or brotherly) terms
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Friar
A member of a man's religious order
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In medieval times, orders of monks were called what?
Fraternitas
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What is the place that is provided for men to live and study?
Fraternities
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Democracy
A government made from the power of the people (kratos-power)
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Demography
The study of statistics such as birth and death certificates or incomes to gather information about the people (graph-word, study)
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Demophile
Friend of the people
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Epidemic
A plague on the people; disease spread among citizens (epi-upon)
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People
A collection of persons
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Public
General body of people in a community
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Republic
A state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
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Publish
Prepare and issue a piece of writing or music for the public
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Populace
the common people, also the population as a whole
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Popular
Someone or something pleasing to people in the general public
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Population
Whole number of people in an area
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What are some examples of fraternal orders?
The Masons, Knights of Columbus, Elks, and Odd Fellows