matriarchy

Day 37Level 2

MEY-tree-ahr-kee

governed by women

society governed by women

Part of Speech: noun

Example Sentence:

In addition to being a strong matriarchal role-model to many, she dedicated her life to social justice.

Related Words

assist in wrongdoing

uh-BET

to encourage somebody, usually in wrongdoing

something similar

AN-i-awg

something similar; output proportional to input (engineering)

cause of misery

bayn

source of harm; cause of misery

legacy

bih-KWEST

something given in will; legacy

pastoral

byoo-KAH-lik

connected with the countryside ; rural

convincing

KOH-juhnt

convincing, relevant