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Patronymic
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name derived from a paternal ancestor
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fraternal
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pertaining to brothers; brotherly
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fraternize
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to be friendly with
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avuncular
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like an uncle
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familial
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having to do with the family
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uxorious
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dominated by ones wife
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bigamy
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marraige to two mates
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puerile
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childish; immature
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pedagogue
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teacher
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pedant
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a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules rather than to understand
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entity
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something that has a real or independent existence.
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nonentity
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a person or thing of no importance
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essence
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The bask element; the identifying characteristic
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moribund
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about to die
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postmortum
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autopsy
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nascent
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emerging; coming into existence
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amicable
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friendly; peaceable
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amity
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friendship; friendly relations
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enamored
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in love with; charmed by
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inimical
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harmful
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odious
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hateful; distasteful
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bibliophile
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a lover of books
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philanthropy
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goodwill to fellow human beings
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xenophobia
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fear or hatred of what is strange or foreign
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appease
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satisfy; calm
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antipathy
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a hatred or dislike
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apathy
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lack of feeling, energy or interest
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empathy
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indentifying with someones feelings and understands their situation
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pathos
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a feeling of sympathy; a quality that arouses pity or tenderness
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misogamy
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hatred of marraige
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dysentery
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severe diarrhea
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cupidity
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greed
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compiacent
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self-satisfies; smug
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implacable
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impossible to calm
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placate
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to clam/pacify/appease
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placid
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showing calmness, peacefulness or composure
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domineer
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to dominate; be bossy
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somnambulate
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to walk while sleeping
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somnolent
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sleepy
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ablution
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ritual of washing the body
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deluge
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a downpoar; flood
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divest
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to take away something belonging to someone especially a title, right, property
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investitive
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a ceremony in which a person formally recieves the authority and symbols of an office.
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travesty
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an absured or inferior imitation
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vestment
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a garment that indicates position or authority, especially the robes worn by clergy.
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vested
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a concern for something from which a person expexts to get personal benefit
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precocious
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unusual early development mentally
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voracious
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extrememly hungry; greedy
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mellifluous
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sweet as honey
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ROOT: SAL
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"salt"
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imbibe
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to drink; absorb
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potable
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fit to drink
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allude
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to make an indirect reference to it.
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collusion
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a secret agreement for a bad purpose; conspiring
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delusion
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a deception
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elude
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to baffle; escape detection
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ROOT:ANTHROPOS
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human
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HOMI, HOMIN
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human
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VIR
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man
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GYNE
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woman
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AUTOS
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self
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EGO
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GIGNO, GIGNERE, GENUI, GENITUM
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to bear; bring forth
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UXOR
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wife
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GAMOS
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marraige
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PUER
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child
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PAIS
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boy;child
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SUM, ESSE, FUI, FUTURUM
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to be
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NASCOR, NASCI, NATUM
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to be born
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AMO
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to love
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PATHOS
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suffering
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humane
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having the worthy qualities of human beings, such as kindness or compassion
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humanism
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a philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance
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humanities
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branches of knowledge concernced with human beings and their culture
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anthropology
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The scientific study of the orgins , cultural development, and customs of human beings
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misanthrope
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a person who hates all people
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virile
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having certain characteristics traditionally associated with masculinity and assertiveness
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autocrat
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a ruler that has absolute or unlimited power
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automaton
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a person who behaves in a mechanical, routine matter; a robot
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autonomy
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the condition of being self-governing; independence
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geneology
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a record of decent from one's ancestors; the study of family records
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genocide
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the planned killing of a racial, political or cultural group
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genteel
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well-mannered; refined; polite
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gentile
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anyone not of jewish faith
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gentry
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aristocratic or well-bred people
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heterogenous
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having parts that are unrelated or different
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homogenous
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of the same kind or sort
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congenital
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existing at birth but not hereditary
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engender
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to give rise to; to bring into existence
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genesis
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a beginning or orgin
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indigenous
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occurring in or characterizing an area; native
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ingenious
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cleverly inventive and resourcful
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patronize
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to go regulary
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progenitor
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a direct ancestor; an originator of a line of descent
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matrix
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the surroundings within which something begins or develops
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matriarchy
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a society ruled or controlled by women
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matriculate
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to register as a student at college or University
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patriarch
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the male head of a family or tribe
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patrimony
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a family inheritance
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patronage
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support; encouragment
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