Vocabulary 22 (gen, mater, patri)

Which root word means "birth, origin"?

• gen

• mater

• patr

• matri

Which root word means "father"

• gen

• mater

• pater

• matri

Which root word means "mother"?

• gen

• mater

• pater

• patr

Which vocabulary word means "an account of ancestors and descendants"?

• expatriate

• maternity

• paternal

• genealogy

Which vocabulary word means "the mother who rules the family or tribe"?

• matriarch

• patrician

• genesis

• a person who is forced to leave his/her native country

Which vocabulary word means "the beginning, origin or way in which something was created"?

• expatriate

• genetics

• matrimony

• genesis

Which vocabulary word means "to exile or banish; or a person who is forced to leave his/her native country"?

• genesis

• genealogy

• matriarch

• expatriate

Which vocabulary word means "like a married woman; dignified, stately"?

• matronly

• maternity

• matrimony

• matriarch

Which vocabulary word means "the branch of biology that deals with heredity"?

• genealogy

• genesis

• genetics

• patrician

Which vocabulary word means "the state of being husband and wife; the act of being married"?

• maternity

• matrimony

• matriarch

• matronly