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All or Nothing 3
Classical Roots Lessons 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pan | (G) all |
| pandemonium | n. uproar |
| panacea | n. a cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| omnis | (L) all |
| omnipotent | adj. having unlimited power |
| omnipresent | adj. present everywhere |
| omnivorous | adj. feeding on both plants and meat/devouring everything, especially intellectually |
| holos | (G) whole |
| catholic | adj. universal; including most things/referring to the Roman Catholic church |
| holocaust | n. a great destruction; especially by fire/Murder by the Nazis of over 6 million Jews and millions of others in WWII |
| totus | (L) whole |
| totalitarian | adj. referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control |
| claudo, claudere, clausi, clausum | (L) to close |
| cloister | n. a covered walk along the inside walls of a building/a monastery or similar place of religious seclusion/v. to seclude as in a monastery |
| preclude | v. to prevent; to make impossible |
| recluse | n. a person who avoids mixing with people |