Week 5 Vocabulary Root Gen Meaning people Words Gender Indigenous Hypothesize Genealogy Generation Genuine Compose Generic Regenerate Progeny Genealogy n a persons family history Mary wanted to know if she was Irish so she studied her ID: 766200
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Week 5 Vocabulary Root: GenMeaning: people
Words GenderIndigenous HypothesizeGenealogyGeneration Genuine Compose Generic Regenerate Progeny
Genealogy (n) a person’s family history Mary wanted to know if she was Irish so she studied her genealogy .
Gender (n) male or femalePeter got a new cat, he named him Gary, turns out he had the wrong gender. Gary is now Gertrude.
Genuine (adj )authentic; one of a kind “Oh my Gosh,” squealed Claire, “is that a genuine Prada purse?!”
Indigenous (adj ) Originally existing in a specific area Bald eagles are indigenous to the United States.
Progeny (n) a descendant of a person, animal, or plantMy dog Marla had puppies; they are her progeny .
Generic (adj ) When something is generic , it is general, store brand, non-specific. My mom always buys the generic brand of macaroni and cheese, but I really only like Kraft.
Regenerate (v) To restore a person’s or organism’s body The tenth doctor regenerated into a doctor who loves bowties.
Generation (n) all of the people born and living at about the same timeMy grandmother is from a different generation , she doesn’t text and stores her money in coffee cans.
ACADEMIC WORDS
Discern (v) If you see something, you see it differently Discern real news from fake news on twitter.
Interpret (v) If you interpret something you figure out what something means and put it in your own wordsInterpret the following quote, “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”