Classical Rots Book A Lessons 3&4
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classical roots booka lessons 3 and 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 pandemonium | Uproar |
| panacea | A cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| omnipotent | Having unlimited power; all-powerful |
| omnipresent | Present everywhere |
| omnivorous | 1)Feeding on both plants and meat 2)devouring everything even intellectually |
| catholic | Universal; including most things |
| holocaust | 1)A great destruction; especially by fire 2)murder by the nazis of over 6 million jews and millions of other people in world war two |
| totalitarian | Referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control |
| cloister | 1)A covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard 2)a monastery or similar place of religous seclusion 3)to seclude as in a monastery |
| preclude | To prevent; to make impossible |
| recluse | A person who avoids mixing with people |
| Inception | The beginning of something |
| Incipient | In it's early stages; beginning |
| Annihilate | To destroy completely |
| Nihilism | The total rejection of religious or moral beliefs |
| negate | 1)To disprove; to nullify 2)to rule out, to cancel, to repel |
| renegade | One who deserts a group, cause, faith, etc.; an outlaw |
| vacuous | Empty, especially of meaning or purpose |
| Vanity | 1)Conceit, especially about one's appearance 2)something wothless or useless 3)a dressing table |
| Vaunt | To boast; to brag about |
| aperture | An opening, especially one that admits light |
| overt | Done or shown openly |
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