Word Group : Family
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Sr. No
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Word
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Meaning
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Sentence
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1
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Conjugal
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Relating to marriage or the relationship
between a married couple
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Conjugal loyalty
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2
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Consanguine
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Relating
to or denoting people descended from the same ancestor
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Consanguineous
marriages may give rise to recessive syndromes
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3
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Distaff
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1.
A stick or spindle on to which wool or flax is wound for spinning
2.
Of or concerning women
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1.
Marriage tis still a passport to distaff power
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4
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Endogamous
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Marriage
within a specific tribe or similar social unit
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These
divisions were once endogamous but this distinction is now disappeared
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5
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Filial
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1.
Relating to due from a son or daughter
2.
Denoting the offspring of a cross
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1.
A display of filial affection
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6
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Fratricide
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1. The killing of once brother or
sister
2. A person who kills their brother
or sister
3. The accidental killing of one’s
own forces in war
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1. Cain justifies his fratricide with
lethal logic
2. The Vietnam war saw fratricide
increase because of the close-in jungle fighting
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7
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Progenitor
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1.
A person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended
or originates; an ancestor or parent.
2.
A person who originates a cultural or intellectual movement
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1.
His children were the progenitor of many of Scotland’s noble families
2.
The progenitor of modern jazz
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8
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Scion
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1. A young shoot or twig of a plant,
especially one cut for grafting or rooting
2. A descendent of a notable family
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1. He was scion of wealthy family
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