Root Word dict: speak

to speak against; to say the opposite

• contradict
• predict
• dictate
• edict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4B

what is written down as someone says it

• verdict
• edict
• dictum
• dictation

a leader who speaks and rules with total power

• indictment
• dictator
• edit
• verdict

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

the manner in which something is expressed in words (written or spoken)

• predict
• diction
• dictation
• dictionary

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.6.5C

a reference book in which spoken or written words are defined

• prediction
• dictionary
• indictment
• contradiction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4C

a judge's ruling or statement

• dictum
• edict
• verdict
• indictment

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.4

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

• edict
• verdict
• dictum
• diction

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

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

• contradiction
• indictment
• edict
• dictation

to say what will happen before it occurs

• predict
• edict
• contradict
• dictum

the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury

• indictment
• verdict
• predict
• dictation