Vocabulary Word Roots: Omn-, Fract-, and Vict-

omnibus (adj.)

covering many things at once, as an omnibus bill

omnibus (n.)

1. bus 2. book containing a variety of works by one author, as a Hemingway omnibus

omnifarious (adj.)

of all varieties, forms, or kinds

omnific (adj.)

all-creating

omnipotent (adj.)

unlimited in power; almighty

omnipresent (adj.)

present everywhere at the same time; ubiquitous

omniscient (adj.)

knowing everything

omnivorous (adj.)

1. eating everything, both plant and animal substances 2. avidly taking in everything, as an omnivorous reader

fraction (n.)

one or more of the equal parts of a whole; fragment

fractious (adj.)

apt to break out into a passion; cross; irritable (ant. peaceable)

fracture (n.)

1. break or crack 2. breaking of a bone

fragile (adj.)

easily broken; frail; delicate (ant. tough; durable)

fragment (n.)

part broken off

infraction (n.)

act of breaking; breach; violation, as an infraction of a law

refract (v.)

bend (literally, 'break back') from a straight path (as when light rays, having traveled through air, change direction when entering water, or as when sunlight—having traveled through a prism—breaks up into the colors of the rainbow)

refractory (adj.)

resisting; intractable; hard to manage, as a refractory mule (ant. malleable; tractable; adaptable)

convict (v.)

prove guilty; show conclusively to be guilty

convict (n.)

person serving a prison sentence

conviction (n.)

1. state of having been judged guilty of an offense 2. strong belief

convince (v.)

persuade or show conclusively by argument or proof

evict (v.)

1. expel by legal process, as to evict a tenant 2. oust

evince (v.)

show clearly; disclose; reveal

invincible (adj.)

incapable of being conquered

vanquish (v.)

overcome in battle; conquer; defeat

victor (n.)

winner; conqueror