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CR Lessons 3 and 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pan | all |
| pandemonium | uproar |
| panacea | a cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| omnis | all |
| omnipotent | having unlimited power; all-powerful |
| omnipresent | present everywhere |
| omnivorous | feeding on both plants and meat; devouring knowledge |
| holos | whole |
| catholic | universal; including most things; |
| Catholic | referring to the Roman Catholic church |
| holocaust | a great destruction by fire |
| Holocaust | murder by the Nazis of over six million Jews in World War II |
| totus | whole; total |
| totalitarian | referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control |
| claudo, claudere, clausi, clasum | to close |
| cloister | a covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard; a monastery or similar place of religious seclusion; to seclude |
| preclude | to prevent; make impossible |
| recluse | a person who avoids mixing with people |
| incipio, incipere, incepi, inceptum | to begin |
| inception | the beginning of something |
| incipient | in its early stages, beginning |
| nihil | nothing |
| annihilate | to destroy completely |
| nihilism | the total rejection of religious or moral beliefs |
| nego, negare, negavi, negatum | to deny |
| negate | to disprove; to nullify; to rule out, cancel or repeal |
| renegade | one who deserts a group, cause, faith; outlaw; like a renegage, traitorous |
| vanus | empty |
| vacuus | empty |
| vacuous | empty, especially of meaning or purpose |
| vanity | conceit, especially about one's appearance; something worthless or useless; a dressing table |
| vaunt | to boast or brag; a boast |
| aperio, aperire, aperui, apertum | to open |
| aperture | an opening, especially one that admits light |
| overt | done or shown openly |