Roots Book 2 Unit 2

A man who controls a family, group, or government

• matriarch

• matron

• patriarch

• generation

of or relating to a mother; motherly

• matron

• generate

• congenial

• maternal

a person who is a member of the highest social class

• patriarchal

• patriarch

• patrician

• patricia

of, relating to, or involving genes, which is the part of a cell that controls or influences the appearance, growth, etc., of a living thing

• generation

• generous

• generate

• genetic

pleasant, enjoyable, friendly

• congenial

• congenital

• congregate

• congregation

a group of people born and living during the same time

• generate

• genes

• genetic

• generation

to produce something or cause something to be produced

• generation

• production

• generate

• general

an older married woman who usually has a high social position

• macron

• matron

• patron

• matriarchy

a characteristic of a system of society or government controlled by men

• patriarch

• patriarchal

• patrician

• patricia

a family, group, or government controlled by a woman or a group of women and/or females

• maternal

• material

• matriarchy

• matron