Vocab Chapters 1-8
Terms
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- predestination
- (n) the belief that one's fate has been determined in advance by a higher power
- catholic
- universal: including most things
- aperture
- an opening especially one that omits lite
- aperio
- to open
- microcosm
- a miniature world
- tenuous
- thin in form
- vaunt
- to brag about; to boast
- recluse
- a person who avoids mixing with people
- pandemonium
- uproar
- annihilate
- to destroy completely
- magnate
- a wealthy influential person
- attentuate
- to make slender or small
- inception
- the beginning of somthing
- premier
- a prime minister
- centum
- hundred
- bisect
- to divide into two equal parts
- bicentennial
- a 200th anniversary
- duo
- two
- pre-empt
- to take possession
- triumvirate
- a group of three, especially in authority
- quartuor
- four
- monolith
- a large block of stone
- quartus
- fourth
- decem
- ten
- vacuous
- empty especially of meaning or purpose
- posterity
- future generations
- precept
- a command
- expletive
- an exclamation or oath
- anterior
- coming before in position or time
- nego, negare
- to deny
- holos
- whole
- monopoly
- exclusive control of trade in some item or service
- preposterous
- absorbed contrary to nature or reason
- quartrain
- a stanza or group of four lines of peotry
- polygon
- a flat shape with many straight sides
- ante meridiem
- before noon
- polygamy
- the system of having more than one spouse at a time
- magnus
- great
- omnis
- all
- mino
- to lessen
- totus
- whole
- copia
- plenty
- vanity
- conceit, especially about ones appearence
- antecedent
- a thing or event that precedes
- primate
- a member of the order of animals (apes monkeys)
- impleo
- to fill
- bilateral
- having two sides
- cloister
- a covered walk along the inside walls of a building
- negate
- to disapprove to nullify
- preclude
- to prevent
- posterior
- situated behind or at the back
- nihilism
- the total rejection of religious or moral beliefs
- vanus, vacous
- empty
- vanguard
- the foremost position in an army or fleet
- meglomania
- a form of mental illness
- premontion
- a warning in advance
- trilogy
- a group of three literary or musical works that have a related theme
- duplex
- a dwelling with two living units
- primeval
- belonging to the first ages
- duplex
- twofold
- microbe
- an organism invisible to the naked eye, causes disease
- satiate
- to satisfy an appetite fully
- renegade
- one who deserts a group cause or faith; an outlaw
- bi
- two
- incipio
- to begin
- incipient
- in its early stages beginning
- pretentios
- showy pompous
- trisect
- to divide into three parts
- avant-garde
- ahead of the times times
- tenuis
- thin
- macrocosm
- the universe
- pre
- before
- mikros
- small
- primate
- and archbishop who ranks highest among others
- centigrade
- referring to a thermometer scale of 100 degrees where water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100 degrees
- primordial
- primeval, orginal
- poly
- many
- premier
- first in time or importance
- centenary
- pertaining to a 100 year period
- monarch
- A person who rules a kingdom or empire
- post meridiem
- after noon
- holocaust
- a great destruction, especially by fire
- plenus
- full
- pan
- all
- megas
- great
- magnanimous
- noble and generous
- replete
- well-stocked or abundantly supplied
- posthumous
- occurring or continuing after death
- omnipresent
- present everywhere
- tres
- three
- decimate
- to destroy a large part of
- unilateral
- one-sided
- Claudo
- to close
- duplicate
- to make an identical copy
- minutia
- a small or trivial detail
- primus
- first
- quartet
- a musical composition for four voices or instruments
- comply
- to do as one is asked or ordered
- satis
- enough
- nihil
- nothing
- magnitude
- greatness of importance or size
- implement
- a tool or utnsil
- minus
- less
- panacea
- a cure-all for diseases or troubles
- bipartisan
- involving two political parties
- ante
- before
- tri
- three
- overt
- done or shown openly
- monogram
- a design composed of letters
- antebellum
- a period before war
- post
- after
- monologue
- a speech by one actor; a long talk by one person
- copious
- in large amounts
- prime
- first in rank
- miniscule
- extremely small
- monos
- one
- tenuo
- to make thin
- unus
- one
- omnipotent
- all powerful
- makros
- large
- totaltarian
- referring to a form of government in which one person or party holds absolute control
- unanimous
- being in complete agreement
- decathlon
- a athletic contest in which the contestant takes part in ten events
- quadrant
- a quarter of a circle or of its circumfrence