1. This week’s vocabulary Words for 7th Grade
Word Roots: -gen-
Week of Jan. 3, 2011
The word root -gen- can mean “birth” or “kind.”
# Word POS Definition
1 gender noun the state of being male or female
2 genealogy noun a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor
3 generation noun all of the people born and living at about the same time, regarded
collectively
4 genesis noun the origin or mode of formation of something
5 genetic adj. of or relating to genes or heredity
6 gentry noun people of good social position, specifically (in the UK) the class of
people next below the nobility in position and birth
7 heterogeneous adj. having a mixed makeup or ingredients
8 progeny noun a descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant;
offspring
9 generic adj. characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not
specific; having no brand name
10 regenerate verb to grow back again; to produce again
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