Vocabulary List dict speak What is the root

Vocabulary List: dict = speak

• What is the root that means speak?

• the root dict

• What is the word that describes what someone writes down when he or she writes down everything you say so that you can remember it later?

dictation • what is written down as someone says it

• What is the word that describes how someone speaks?

diction • the manner in which something is express in words (written or spoken)

• What is the word that names the book you look in if you wanted to know how to say a word correctly or if you needed a definition for a word?

dictionary • a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

• What is the word that names the act of officially charging someone with a crime?

indictment • formal words spoken or written by a jury that charge a person with a crime

• What is the word that names a judge’s ruling or statement?

dictum • a judge’s ruling or statement

• What is the word that describes what someone does when she doesn’t agree and actually says the opposite as someone else?

contradict • to speak against; to say the opposite

• What is the word that describes what good readers do before reading to help them form expectations about what they will read?

predict • to say what will happen before it occurs

• What is the word that describes what someone would have heard announced many years ago in a town square, perhaps by a major?

edict • public words issued by an official that explain a law or command

• What is the word that names the type of ruler who makes everyone do what he or she says?

dictator • a leader who speaks and rules with total power

• What is the word that names the decision a jury makes in a trial related to guilt or innocence?

verdict • the decision a jury in a trial; the decision said by the jury