1. Root: Gen Meaning: people
Week 5 Vocabulary
Root: Gen
Meaning: people

2. Words Gender Indigenous Discern Genealogy Generation Genuine Interpret
Generic
Regenerate
Progeny

3. A person’s family history.
Genealogy (n)
A person’s family history.
Mary wanted to know if she was Irish so she studied her genealogy.

4. Gender (n) male or female
Peter got a new cat, he named him Gary, turns out he had the wrong gender. Gary is now Gertrude.

5. authentic; one of a kind
Genuine (adj)
authentic; one of a kind
“Oh my Gosh,” squealed Claire, “is that a genuine Prada purse?!”

6. Originally existing in a specific area
Indigenous (adj)
Originally existing in a specific area
Bald eagles are indigenous to the United States.

7. a descendant of a person, animal, or plant
Progeny (n)
a descendant of a person, animal, or plant
My dog Marla had puppies; they are her progeny.

8. When something is generic, it is general, store brand, non-specific.
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.

9. To restore a person’s or organism’s body
Regenerate (v)
To restore a person’s or organism’s body
The tenth doctor regenerated into a doctor who loves bowties.

10. all of the people born and living at about the same time
Generation (n)
all of the people born and living at about the same time
My grandmother is from a different
generation, she doesn’t text and stores
her money in coffee cans.

11. ACADEMIC WORDS

12. Discern (v) If you see something, you see it differently
Discern real news from fake news on twitter.

13. Interpret (v)
If you interpret something you figure out what something means and put it in your own words
Interpret the following quote, “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”