All or Nothing Flashcards
(41 cards)
pandemonium
pan - all
(n.)
daimon - divine power
Uproar
Pandemonium threatens to break out after Julius Caesar is assassinated on the ides of March, but in Shakespeare’s play Brutus calms the murderous senators.
panacea
pan - all
(n.)
akos - cure
A cure-all for diseases or troubles.
Some politicians seem to regard tax cuts as a panacea for economic problems.
omnipotent
omnis - all
(adj.)
potens - to be able
Having unlimited power; all-powerful.
To the ancient British tribes the invading Roman army seemed omnipotent.
omnipresent
onmis - all
(adj.)
Present everywhere.
At harvest time the smell of garlic is omnipresent in Gilroy, California, “the garlic capital of America.”
omnivorous
omnis - all
(adj.)
vorare - to devour
Feeding on both plants and meat.
Human beings are omnivorous, though many choose to be vegetarians.
(adj.)
Devouring everything, especially intellectually.
She is such an omnivorous reader she has already read all of the library’s biographies, science fiction, and sports magazines.
omnivore (n.)
omnivorously (adv.)
omnivorousness (n.)
catholic
holos - whole
(adj.)
kata - according to
Universal; including most things.
Her wide travels reflect her catholic tastes.
(n.) ?
Catholic (capitalized)
Referring to the Roman Catholic church.
Spain is a predominantly Catholic country.
catholic (n.)
catholically (adv.)
holocaust
holos - whole
(n.)
kaustos - burned
A great destruction, especially fire.
After the great 1906 earthquake, a holocaust swept through San Francisco.
(n.)
Holocaust (capitalized)
Murder by the Nazis of over six million Jews and millions of other people in World War II.
Most Americans first learned of the extent of the Holocaust when the Nazi concentration camps were liberated at the end of World War II.
holocaustal (adj.)
holocaustic (adj.)
totalitarian
totus - whole
(adj.)
total
(author) itarian
Referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control.
Under Joseph Stalin the Soviet Union became a totalitarian state.
totalitarianism (n.)
claudo
to close
cloister
claudo - to close
(n.)
A covered walk along the inside walls of a building, usually looking out on a courtyard.
The cloister of the country house provided a welcome protection from the tropical sun.
(n.)
A monastery or similar place of religious seclusion.
During the Reformation many cloisters were closed and their monks of nuns dispersed.
(tr. v.)
To seclude as in a monastery.
To protect their children from the Black Plague, the parents cloistered them in an isolated village.
cloistered (adj.)
preclude
claudo - to close
(tr. v.)
pre - before
To prevent; to make impossible.
Rain precluded our taking a walk.
preclusion (n.)
preclusive (adj.)
recluse
claudo - to close
(n.)
re - intensifier
A person who avoids mixing with people.
The recluse preferred the company of a dog and the library to that of people.
reclusion (n.)
reclusive (adj.)
incipio
to begin
inception
incipio - to begin
(n.)
The beginning of something.
Since the inception of a vaccine for polio, that disease has almost disappeared from the earth.
incipient
incipio - to begin
(adj.)
In its early stages; beginning.
A sore throat and runny nose are the symptoms of an incipient cold.
incipiently (adv.)
annihilate
nihil - nothing
(tr. v.)
an = ad - to
To destroy completely.
During the radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, thousands of listeners thought Martians were about to annihilate New Jersey.
annihiable (adj.)
annihilation (n.)
annihilator (n.)
synonym: decimate
nihilism
nihil - nothing
(n.)
The total rejection of religious or moral beliefs.
From the point of view of nihilism, any behavior is acceptable since no rules of ethics exist.
nihilist (n.)
nihilistic (adj.)
nihility (n.)
nego
to deny
negate
nego - to deny
(tr. v.)
To disprove; to nullify.
Columbus’s voyage to the New World negated the theory that the earth was flat.
(tr. v.) ?
To rule out; to cancel; to repeal.
The legislation allowing eighteen year olds to vote negated previous laws that had set the voting age at twenty-one or older.
negation (n.)
renegade
nego - to deny
(n.)
re - intensifier
One who deserts a group, cause, faith, etc.; an outlaw.
When Democrats lost the election, many former supporters turned renegade and joined the Republicans.
(adj.)
Like a renegade; traitorous.
Loyal troops crushed the revolt and imprisoned renegade officers.
vanus
empty
vacuous
vanus - empty
(adj.)
Empty, especially of meaning or purpose.
Educators often criticize television cartoons for kids as vacuous entertainment.
vacuity (n.)
vanity
vanus - empty
(n.)
Conceit, especially about one’s appearance.
Despite the vanity of the Spanish royal family, Francisco Goya painted their portraits showing all their physical and moral shortcomings.
(n.)
Something worthless or useless.
Buddhism teaches that human ambitions are vanity.
(n.)
A dressing table.
A vanity usually has an attached mirror and many drawers.
vaunt
vanus - empty
(tr. v.)
To boast; to brag about.
Gracious winners do not vaunt their victories.
(n.)
A boast.
Parents’ vaunts about their possessions often embarrass their children.
vaunted (adj.)
