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7th - VCR A Lesson 3
Vocabulary from Classical Roots A, Lesson 3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Omnes corpus mutabile est. | (Latin) Every object is subject to change. -- Cicerco |
| pandemonium | (n.) uproar |
| panacea | (n.) a cure-all for diseases or troubles |
| pan | (Greek) all |
| omnis | (Latin) all |
| omnipotent | (adj.) having unlimited power; all-powerful |
| omnipresent | (adj.) present everywhere |
| omnivorous | (adj.) feeding on both plants and meat |
| omnivorous | (adj.) devouring everything, especially intellectually |
| holos | (Greek) whole |
| catholic | (adj.) universal; including most things |
| Catholic | (adj.) Referring to the Roman Catholic Church |
| holocaust | (n.) a great destruction, especially by fire |
| Holocaust | (n.) Murder by the Nazis of over six million Jews and millions of other people in World War II |
| totus | (Latin) whole |
| totalitarian | (adj.) referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control |
| claudo, claudere | (Latin) to close |
| cloister | (n.) a covered walk through the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard |
| cloister | (n.) a monastery or similar place of religious seculsion |
| cloister | (tr. v.) to seclude as in a monastery |
| preclude | (tr. v.) to prevent; to make impossible |
| recluse | (n.) a person who avoids meeting with people |