| Term | Definition |
| pandemonium | (n.) uproar |
| panacea | (n.) a cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| omnipotent | (adj.) having unlimited power; all-powerful |
| omnivorous | (adj.) 1. feeding on both plants and meat 2. devouring everything, especially intellectually |
| omnipresent | (adj.) present everywhere |
| catholic | (adj.) 1. universal; including most things 2. (capitalized) referring to the Roman Catholic church |
| holocaust | (n.) 1. a great destruction, especially by fire 2. (capitalized) murder by the Nazis of over six million Jews and millions of other people in World War II |
| totalitarian | (adj.) referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control |
| cloister | (n.) 1. a covered walkway along the inside of walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard 2. a monastery or similar place of religious seclusion (tr. v.) to seclude as in a monastery |
| preclude | (tr. v.) to prevent; to make impossible |
| recluse | (n.) a person who avoids mixing with people |