Vocabulary From Classical Roots (lesson 3)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pan | The Greek Root for all |
| pandemonium | an uproar |
| panacea | a cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| Omnis | The Latin Root for all |
| omnipotent | Having unlimited power; all-powerful |
| omnipresent | Present everywhere |
| omnivorous | Feeding on both plants and animals |
| omnivorous | Devouring everything, especially intellectually |
| Holos | The Greek root for whole |
| catholic | universal; including most things |
| Catholic | A religion; referring to the Roman Catholic Church |
| holocaust | A great destruction, especially by fire |
| holocaust | Murder by the Nazis of over six million Jews and millions of other people in World War II |
| Totus | The Latin Root for whole |
| totalitarian | Referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control |
| Clausi; Clausum; Claudere; Claudo | The four Latin Roots for "to close" |
| cloister | a covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard |
| cloister | a monastery or similar place of religious seclusion |
| cloister | to seclude as in a monastery |
| preclude | to prevent; to make impossible |
| recluse | a person who avoids mixing with people |
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