Vocabulary root words "dict"/speak

A boss tells results from a meeting to her secretary for the secretary to write down and organize into a company memo.

• edict

• dictator

• dictation

• verdict

At the end of a trial, the jury announces their decision that the defendant is innocent.

• verdict

• contradict

• predict

• edict

These braces have affected my speech, and I can't pronounce the letter "S" or "L" clearly anymore.

• dictation

• dictum

• indictment

• diction

This mystery novel is interesting. I bet it was the cook who did it!

• verdict

• predict

• dictum

• indictment

The emperor issues a command that everyone in the kingdom pay higher taxes.

• edict

• contradict

• predict

• dictation

Your words say that you want to pass, but when you don't do your work or study for the test, your actions say that you don't really care.

• dictate

• indict

• contradict

• verdict

A judge makes a ruling without a jury and states that the case will be thrown out of court.

• dictation

• prediction

• verdict

• dictum

This book has been helping students learn and understand new words for centuries. (Now you can just get it on your phone or computer without an actual book.)

• dictum

• dictionary

• dictator

• dictation

A local politician is found guilty and charged with stealing from the treasury.

• diction

• edict

• contradict

• indictment

Adolf Hitler is one of the most infamous examples of a man who takes over power and gains total control of a country.

• dictum

• dictator

• predictor

• dictation