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30 Cards in this Set
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Avuncular
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Like and Uncle
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bigamy
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Marriage to two mates
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familial
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Having to do with the Family
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fraternal
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Pertaining to brother
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fraternize
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to be friendly with
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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 a college or university
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matrix
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The surroundings within which something begins or develops
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monogamy
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marriage to a single mate
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patriarch
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the male head of family
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patrimony
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a family inheritance
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patronage
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support, encouragement
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patronize
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to go to regurlarly
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patronymic
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name derived from paternal ancestor
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uxorious
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dominated by ones wife
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entity
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something that has a real or independent existance
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essence
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the basic element
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euthanasia
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the act of painlessly killing a suffering person or animal
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innate
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possessed at birth
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moribund
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about to die or end
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mortify
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to shame
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naive
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naive
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nascent
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emerging, coming into existance
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nonentity
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a person/thing of no importance
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orthopedics
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a branch of medicines treating disorders of the skeletal system and tissues related to movement
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pedagogue
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a teacher
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pedant
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a person who pays excessive attention to learning rules more than understanding them
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postmortem
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autopsy ( examination to determine death)
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puerile
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childish, immature
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renaissance
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a rebirth
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