Greek and Latin Roots Unit 5: dict, script, graph

Latin root meaning to say or declare

• dict

• script

• graph/gram

Latin root meaning to write

• dict

• script

• graph/gram

Latin root meaning to write, draw, describe, record

• dict

• script

• graph/gram

to speak or read something to a person who writes it down

• dictate

• edict

• graphic

• contradict

to say the opposite of something that someone else has said, to deny

• dictate

• edict

• graphic

• contradict

an official order given by a person with power or by a government

• telegram

• edict

• graphic

• contradict

a person's life story written by that person

• telegram

• autobiography

• graphic

• contradict

a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form

• telegram

• calligraphy

• graphic

• contradict

the art of making beautiful handwriting

• telegram

• calligraphy

• graphic

• contradict

shown or described in a very clear way, used especially to refer to things that are unpleasant or shocking

• telegram

• calligraphy

• graphic

• contradict