Vocab Lesson 3 Flashcards
panacea
a cure-all for diseases or troubles
harry potter seemed like the panacea to the wizarding world–he defeated voldemort and saved everybody.
omnipotent
having unlimited power; all powerful
voldemort seemed to be omnipotent before harry potter finally defeated him.
omnipresent
present everywhere
the smell of smoke was omnipresent after the experiment in science.
omnivorous
- feeding on both plants and meat
i am omnivorous, as i eat both plants and meat.
- devouring everything, especially intellectually
his omnivorous reading helped him to graduate with a 4.0 GPA.
catholic
- universal; including most things
my friend has a catholic taste in music.
- referring to the roman catholic church
my friend is catholic; she goes to church every sunday.
holocaust
- a great destruction, especially by fire
in school we do fire drills to prepare if a holocaust ever occurs.
- [capitalized] murder by the nazis of over six million jews and millions of other people in world war II
in fifth grade my teacher read a book on a child’s perspective during the Holocaust to the class.
totalitarian
referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control.
the united states does not have a totalitarian government; instead it is democratic.
cloister
- a covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard
i walked along the cloister to get to my destination.
- a monastery or similar place of religious seclusion
- to seclude as in a monastery
harry potter was cloistered by his aunt and uncle; he had no friends till he went to hogwarts.
preclude
to prevent; to make impossible
my parents precluded my going to ice skating with my friends.
recluse
a person who avoids mixing with people
she was reclusive and enjoyed learning more than socializing with others.
pandemonium
uproar
there was pandemonium after the crowd found out the movie they’ve been waiting in line for an hour had been canceled.
