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Vocab 3-4
lessons 3 and 4 with definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | uproar |
| Panacea | cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| omnipotent | having unlimited power or all powerfull |
| omnipresent | present everywhere |
| omnivorous | feeding on both plants and meat/ devouring everything especially intellectually |
| catholic | universal including most things. |
| Catholic | referring to the roman Catholic church |
| holocaust | a great destruction especially by fire / murder by the Nazis |
| toltalitarian | referring to a form of government where one party holds absolute power |
| cloister | a covered walk along the inside walls of a building/ a monetary or similar place of a religious seclusion |
| preclude | to prevent or make impossible |
| recluse | a person who avoids mixing with others |
| inception | the bging of something |
| incipincipient | in its early stages or begining |
| annihilate | to destroy everything |
| negate | to disprove or to nullify/to rule out, to cancel, to repeal |
| nihilism | total rejection of religious or moral beliefs |
| reneged | one who deserts a group,cause,faith ect / an outlaw |
| vacuous | empty, especially of meaning or purpose |
| vanity | conceit, usually about ones appearance/worthless or useless/dressing table |
| vaunt | to boast or brag |
| aperture | a opening that usauly admits light |
| overt | done or shown openly |